History
Clue: This is a basic tool used in winemaking to crush grapes and start the process.
Response: What is a wine press?
This refers to the year that the grapes were harvested?
What is vintage?
Clue: This is an Italian region famous for wines made from grapes grown on hills.
What is Tuscany?
This is a term often used to describe flavors that smell or taste like rocks or organic matter(soil).
What is minerality?
Clue: This color of wine is often associated with sweet, dessert styles like Sauternes.
Response: What is golden or amber?
Clue: This "New World" country began large-scale winemaking in the 19th century, boosted by gold rushes and European immigrants.
Australia
Clue: For a wine to be labeled as "Super Tuscan," it often includes at least 50% of this international grape, bypassing traditional Italian regulations.
Cabernet Sauvignon
Clue: This Oregon region, developed in the 1960s with help from French experts, is now famed for Pinot Noir due to its volcanic soils. Response: What is the Willamette Valley?
What is the Willamette Valley?
This element of wine structure refers to its tart and sour tast?
What is Acidity?
Originally a French word that is used to describe how a particular region's climate, soils, terrain affect the tast of the wine.
What is terroir?
lue: The Black Death in the 14th century affected this European wine region by reducing labor, leading to vineyard consolidation.
France(Bordeaux)
Clue: This grape makes up at least 85% of a classic Chianti wine from Italy.
Sangiovese
Clue: This Italian region, famous for Barolo, has a history tied to the Roman Empire's expansion.
Response: What is Piedmont?
Clue: This is the first thing you do when tasting wine, by looking at its color.
Response: What is observing or examining?
Clue: This celebrity, a former U.S. president, owns a winery in Napa Valley and has released his own Cabernet.
Response: Who is Francis Ford Coppola?
Clue: The Napoleonic Wars in the early 1800s disrupted trade in this wine region, leading to the rise of fortified wines like Port as more stable exports.
Response: What is Portugal (or the Douro)?
Clue: In Bordeaux blends, this grape often makes up 50-80% to provide structure and aging potential.
Cabernet Sauvignon
Clue: This New York State region, boosted by post-WWII European immigration, is famous for cool-climate wines like Riesling
Response: What is the Finger Lakes?
Clue: This element of wine structure refers to the gripping sensation from grape skins, common in reds.
What is Tannins?
Clue: This bizarre tradition involves throwing wine into the sea during festivals in this Greek island region to honor the god Dionysus.
What is Santorini?
"Orange" wine orginated in this country - where centuries old skin-contact white winemaking techniques date back several thousan years?
What is Georgia/Caucasus?
Clue: In a traditional Rioja wine from Spain, this grape must make up at least 51% for it to be classified as a reserva.
Tempranillo
his is a region in Spain known for its fortified wines that are sweet and strong.
esponse: What is Sherry (or Jerez)?
This is one type of aroma compound found in wine which are caused by alcohol reacting with acids in wine.
What is esters?
Clue: This unusual ingredient, made from oak bark, was historically added to wine for stabilization before modern techniques.
Response: What is egg whites (for fining)?