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Sweetness in food can make dry wines seem: - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..More drying, more bitter,
more acidic. Less sweet and fruity
Umami in food can make wines seem: - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..More drying, more bitter, more
acidic. Less sweet and fruity
Salty foods can make wines seem: - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Less drying, less bitter, less acidic.
More fruity, more body
What is the typical level of tannin, body and flavour characteristics you would expect
from a California Zinfandel? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Medium to high tannin, full body, flavours
of blueberry, blackberry, black plum, raisin, prune, vanilla, coffee. Can develop earth
and meat flavours in bottle
What is the Italian name for the Zinfandel grape? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Primitivo
What are the best climates for Riesling production? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Cool to moderate
What difference in flavours would you expect from 'just-ripe' Riesling compared to
'extra-ripe' Riesling? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Just-ripe - apple, pear, lemon, lime
Extra-ripe - peach, apricot, mango, pineapple, dried apricots
What level of sweetness and acidity can be produced in a Riesling? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..Sweetness - Dry, off-dry, medium, sweet
Acidity - high
What are the important regions for Riesling production in Germany? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..Mosel, Rheingau, Pfalz
,What makes Alsace AOC suitable for Riesling production? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Cool
climate, protected by the Vosges mountains, dry and sunny with south and south-east
facing slopes
Put the six Prädikat categories in order from least ripe to most ripe: -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..Kabinett, Spätlese, Auslese, Eiswein, Beerenauslese,
Trockenbeerenauslese
What are the two regions in Australia associated with Premium Riesling production? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..Clare Valley and Eden Valley
What climates are suitable for Chenin Blanc production? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Cool,
moderate and warm
Acidic foods can make wines seem: - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Less drying, less bitter, less acidic.
More sweet, more fruity
For long term storage of wines, how should wines be stored? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..At a cool
constant temperature
Away from sunshine and bright light
If sealed with a cork, bottle should be stored on their side
What are the optimal service temperatures for Sweet and Sparkling wines? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..Sweet wines - well chilled - 6-8°
Sparkling wines - well chilled - 6-10°
What are the aromas associated with the following faults:
Cork Taint
Failure of Closure
Heat Damage - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Cork Taint - Damp cardboard, lack of fresh fruit flavours
Failure of Closure - Honey, caramel, coffee, lack of freshness and fruitiness
Heat Damage - Lack of fruit character and freshness
Name the main components of a grape and what they contain: - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Stalk -
Tannins
Skin - Tannins, Colour, Flavours
Pulp - Sugar, Acid, Water
Seeds - Bitter Oils
What is photosynthesis? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..The process where sunlight, carbon dioxide
and water are combined to produce sugars
What are the five things a vine needs to grow? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Warmth, sunlight,
carbon dioxide, water, nutrients
, Put the stages of grape formation and ripening in the correct order:
Ripening
Flowering
Extra ripening
Fruit set
Véraison - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Flowering
Fruit set
Véraison
Ripening
Extra ripening
What changes in grapes as they ripen? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Grapes swell with water, acidity
drops, sugar increases, aromas change, in black grapes tannin ripen
What happens to grapes when they are left on the vine for extra ripening? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..Grapes build up more sugar and exaggerated ripe aromas. Eventually
they turn into raisins as water evaporates. This concentrates sugars, acids and flavours
and dried fruit aromas develop
What effect does Botrytis/noble rot have on grapes? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..It makes tiny holes
in the skin of the grape which allows water to evaporate. This concentrates sugars,
acids and flavours.
What are the conditions needed for noble rot to develop? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..Damp misty
mornings followed by warm dry afternoons
What is the name given to sweet wines made from frozen grapes? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..Icewine/Eiswein
Between what latitudes are vineyards generally located? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..30° and 50°
north and south of the equator
What affect does altitude have on the temperature of a vineyard? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..The
temperature decreases with altitude
What affect do seas have on the temperature of a region? - ✔✔ANSW✔✔..They have a
moderating influence
What affect can clouds and fog have on the temperature of a vineyard? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..Clouds block sunlight, fogs cool down vineyards
What affect can mountains have on grape growing in vineyards? -
✔✔ANSW✔✔..Mountains can act as a barrier, sheltering vineyards from clouds, rain
and wind. This results in sunny summers and long dry autumns
