Wine making
The two months in which wine grapes are harvested in the Northern Hemisphere.
What are August and September?
The Burgundy grape region.
What is Burgundy (France)?
Three wine characteristics.
What are acidity, tannins, and alcohol?
The primary foods served on a charcuterie board with wine
What are cheese and meat?
Which retail chain is the largest retailer of wine in the United States?
What is Costco?
The term that describes the year a wine's grapes were grown and harvested
What is a vintage?
This country's most planted red grape is Syrah and goes by the local name Shiraz
Where is Australia?
The storage condition that can cause a cork to dry out and shrink in the bottle
What is upright bottle storage?
The classic French wine pairing with the famous French Beef Bourguignon
Sparkling wine from Italy
What is Prosecco.
This process gives rose wine its pink color
What is contact with red grape skins?
This state became Merlot's first U.S. home when consumer popularity soared in the 1990's.
What is California?
The tasting term and quality characteristic describes a wine's final impressions or aftertaste
What is finish or length?
Red wine should be stored in a _______ ______ place.
What is cool and dry?
What is the the "20 minute rule" for white wine?
Take your white wine out of the fridge 20 minutes before serving to allow flavors to blossom.
Selecting and picking the grapes at their optimal ripeness.
What is harvesting?
The natural environment where a particular wine is produced- soil, topography and climate.
What is terroir?
The quality of wine that makes your cheeks pucker
What is acid?
A wine you would pair with a sweet dessert.
What is a Port?
The Five S's of wine
What are see, swirl, smell, sip and savor?
The names of 5 grapes that produce red wines.
What are Cabernet, Pinot noir, Malbec, Merlot and Syrah?
This region of France is the homeland of the Cabernet Sauvignon grape
What is Bordeaux?
The component of wine that makes your tongue dry out
Wine you would pair with seafood and salads.
What is Sauvignon Blanc?
A skilled professional that is an expert in wine education and pairings.
What is a sommelier?
This object is used to keep the cork from coming out of a champagne bottle under pressure.
What is a wire cage or muselet?
Where is Champagne made?
What is Champagne (France)?
The weight or feel of the wine on the palate.
What is the body of the wine?
Wine you would pair with a light and flaky fish.
What is Albariño?
A wine that has a distilled spirit, usually a brandy added to it.
What is a Fortified wine?