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pairing for goat cheese - Correct Answer-Sancerre local food pairs with - Correct Answer-local wine pairing with stilton cheese - Correct Answer-port pair w/ sweet food - Correct Answer-sweeter wine/no tannins 3 species of grapes native to north america - Correct Answer-vitis riparia, vitis berlandieri, vitis rupestris what is a "shoot" on a vine - Correct Answer-the new growth a vine produces each year what does bitterness in food do - Correct Answer-increases bitterness in wine chili heat in food does what? - Correct Answer-increases perception of bitterness, astringency, acidity, and alcohol burn decreases the perception of body, richness, sweetness, and fruitiness in wine "reduction" giveaway - Correct Answer-rotten eggs pairing for curry - Correct Answer-light bodied unoaked white wine non-conventional pairing w/ sweet wine - Correct Answer-salty food TCA giveaway - Correct Answer-damp cardboard what is a "cane" of a vine - Correct Answer-a long vine with 8-15 buds what is a "spur" of a vine - Correct Answer-a short vine with only 2-3 buds color descriptors for WSET red wines - Correct Answer-ruby, purple, garnet, brown sweetness on the tongue location - Correct Answer-tip tannin in the mouth is found - Correct Answer-mainly the gums, especially the front top salt in food does what - Correct Answer-increases the perception of body in wine decreases the perception of astringency, bitterness, and acidity in wine

oxidation giveaway - Correct Answer-deeper colored and browner than it should be scents of toffee, honey, caramel or coffee with a lack of fruit volatile acidity (VA) giveaway - Correct Answer-vinegar or nail polish remover Sulphur dioxide giveaway - Correct Answer-acrid smell like a stuck match (more present in sweet white wines) Primary aromas - Correct Answer-fruity and floral (aromas due to the actual grapes) secondary aromas - Correct Answer-aromas that arise due to production processes like oak or malo or lees contact i.e. nutty/buttery (malo), yeasty and creamy (lees) dry wine = ___ g/L? - Correct Answer-up to about 4 g/l medium sweet = ___ g/l? - Correct Answer-about 10-45 g/l medium dry = ___ g/l? - Correct Answer-up to about 18 g/l sweet = ___ g/l? - Correct Answer-above 45 g/l luscious = ___g/l? - Correct Answer-above 150 g/l alcohol ranges - Correct Answer-low below 10. medium (-) 10.5 - 11. medium 11.5 - 13. medium (+) 13.5 - 14 high above 14 considered medium alcohol % on a fortified wine - Correct Answer-16.5 - 18.5 % color descriptors for WSET whites - Correct Answer-lemon green lemon gold amber brown bitter on tongue - Correct Answer-back sour (acids) on tongue - Correct Answer-sides salt on tongue - Correct Answer-middle

oyster pairing - Correct Answer-Muscadet and champagne (light in flavor and wont overwhelm the oyster... also high in acid to seem vibrant) other examples could include rias baixas albarino, or hunter valley semillon pairing w/olives - Correct Answer-manzanilla what does acidity in food do - Correct Answer-increases perception of body, sweetness and fruitiness in wine decreases the perception of acidity in wine high acid food with low acid wine makes wine seem - Correct Answer-flat, flabby, and lacking focus fatty or oily food pair well with - Correct Answer-acidic wines dishes high in umami should be paired with - Correct Answer-wines that are more fruity than tannic bitter dishes should be paired with - Correct Answer-white wines or low tannin red wines chili heat can be paired with - Correct Answer-low alcohol, low tannin wines that are very fruity bettanomyces giveaway - Correct Answer-plastic, hot vinyl, smoked meat, leather, sweaty horses off dry = ___ g/l? - Correct Answer-about 5-9 g/l what does sweetness in food do? - Correct Answer-increases perception of bitterness, astringency, acidity, and the burning effect of alcohol in wine decreases the perception of body, sweetness, and fruitiness in wine what does umami in food do? - Correct Answer-increases the perception of bitterness, astringency, and alcohol burn in wine decreases the perception of body, sweetness, and fruitiness in wine tertiary aromas - Correct Answer-due to aging in oak: coffee, toffee, caramel, chocolate, vanilla, toast, wood polish in bottle: savory, i.e. mushroom, vegetable, earth

jammy or tropical fruit aroma suggests - Correct Answer-later harvesting or hotter ripening conditions fresh fruit in aroma suggests - Correct Answer-earlier harvesting or cooler ripening conditions Auckland climate - Correct Answer-warm maritime Muller Thurgau is a crossing between - Correct Answer-Riesling and madeline royale continental climates - Correct Answer-continentality: high rainfall: usually low growing season temp: can be cool, moderate, warm or hot sunlight: usually very sunny maritime climates - Correct Answer-continentality: low to medium rain: usually medium to high spread all year growing season temp: usually cool or moderate sunlight: usually cloudy burgundy climate - Correct Answer-moderate continental Bordeaux climate - Correct Answer-moderate maritime Rias Baixas climate - Correct Answer-moderate maritime chianti climate - Correct Answer-moderate mediterranean la mancha climate - Correct Answer-hot continental Mendoza climate - Correct Answer-warm continental port climate - Correct Answer-hot continental name a grape that would not be able to ripen in a cool environment - Correct Answer- grenache factors that affect annual temperature - Correct Answer-latitude altitude ocean currents fog aspect what is continentality - Correct Answer-temperature difference between winter and summer

climate of mosel - Correct Answer-cool continental vine vigour - Correct Answer-a measurement of the size and number of shoots and leaves a vine grows in a season when do shoots turn woody - Correct Answer-the winter after they've grown climate of muscadet - Correct Answer-cool maritime central otago climate - Correct Answer-moderate continental Barolo climate - Correct Answer-moderate continental chateauneuf-du-pape climate - Correct Answer-warm mediterranean carneros climate - Correct Answer-moderate maritime Ribera del Duero climate - Correct Answer-warm continental napa valley climate - Correct Answer-warm mediterranean Mediterranean climate attributes - Correct Answer-continentality: low to medium Rain: usually low to medium, mostly medium, mostly falling in winter growing season temp: usually moderate to warm sunlight: usually sunny (unless other effects like fog) climate of champagne: - Correct Answer-cool continental Murray-Darling climate - Correct Answer-hot mediterranean Quercus Petraea - Correct Answer-the name for European oak Quercus Alba - Correct Answer-American White oak What are the two most common small oak barrels - Correct Answer-225 liter Bordeaux barriques (red generally) 228 liter burgundy piece (whites generally) about how many bottles are in a barrique - Correct Answer- What are the main ingredients in pulp - Correct Answer-water and sugar (acids are also in pulp, but to a lesser degree) most abundant acids found in pulp - Correct Answer-tartaric, followed by malic

main things found in skins - Correct Answer-flavor, tannins, color what is the bloom of a grape - Correct Answer-the waxy surface that covers the skin of grapes and contains yeast that can be used to ferment wine what is pressing - Correct Answer-separates the liquid and solid of the grape roughly how much grapes will fill a 750 ml bottle - Correct Answer-1 kg what is the juice made after pressing called - Correct Answer-must what is must weight - Correct Answer-level of sugar in the must what chemical is used to neutralize acid - Correct Answer-potassium bicarbonate or more effectively - calcium carbonate and calcium tartrate-malate which reduces tartaric and malic acid how is acidification normally carried out - Correct Answer-addition of acid in powder form below what temp can fermentation begin - Correct Answer-41 F 5C how can one avoid malolactic fermentation - Correct Answer-storage @ cool temperatures use of SO flitering out lactic bactering what temp will fermentation cease to continue - Correct Answer-95 F 35 C what is pumping over - Correct Answer-drawing off wine from the bottom of the vat and pumping it over the top and breaking the cap (normally twice a day) what is the cap - Correct Answer-a thick mass of pulp and skins on the surface of fermenting wine rotary fermenter - Correct Answer-devices where red wines are fermented in rotating horizontal tanks keeping the juice in constant contact with the skins 4 ways to make Rose' - Correct Answer-direct pressing drawing off bleeding (saignee) blending

what is direct pressing - Correct Answer-black grapes are crushed and pressed as in white wine production, enough to extract a small amount of color what is drawing off - Correct Answer-red grapes are processed as in red wine making, and once fermenting has begun, the juice is drawn off after 6-48 hours what is bleeding (saignee) - Correct Answer-same as drawing off, but only some is drawn off, the rest is turned into a increased concentration red wine -rose is only a byproduct what do appellations laws cover - Correct Answer-Production area permitted vine varieties ripeness and alcohol strength Viticultural practices yields winemaking practices Bordeaux climate - Correct Answer-moderate maritime what geographical formations protect Bordeaux from a great deal of Atlantic ocean storms - Correct Answer-the Landes forest and coastal dunes average rainfall of bordeax - Correct Answer-high about 950 mm per year what problems can high rainfall cause - Correct Answer-disruption of flowering and fruit set promotion of rot dilution of flavors in grapes at harvest biggest viticulture concerns of Bordeaux - Correct Answer-fungal disease variable levels of ripeness soil of Haut Medoc - Correct Answer-Gravel why is gravel good for Cabernet in Bordeaux - Correct Answer-It reflects heat back into the vineyard What can happen if cabernet grapes are unripe - Correct Answer-The tannins can be too high and flavors overly herbaceous Where in bordeaux is cab franc grown - Correct Answer-Mainly st Emilion, some in medoc and graves

Most widely planted grape in bordeaux - Correct Answer-Merlot Which matures sooner cabernet sauvignon or merlot - Correct Answer-Merlot What does petite verdot add to a bordeaux blend - Correct Answer-Tannin, color, and some exotic spicy notes Most widely planted white varietal in bordeaux - Correct Answer-Semillon What two rivers combine to form the gironde estuary - Correct Answer-The dordogne and garonne rivers Districts sw of the gironde - Correct Answer-Medoc, graves, sauternes Entre deux mers mean - Correct Answer-Between two seas Ne of the dordogne are what districts - Correct Answer-St emilion, pomerol, and fronsac Cold bottling - Correct Answer-(Aseptic or sterile bottling) wine is passed through a filet to remove all yeast and bacteria, then from that point all equipment it comes into contact with must be sterilized Hot bottling - Correct Answer-Pasteurizing the wine (heating to a temp that can kill bacteria) Highest reputation commune appellations of the haut medoc ac North to South - Correct Answer-St estephe Pauillac St julien Margaux Left bank North to South - Correct Answer-Medoc Haut medoc - St estephe Pauillac St julien Margaux Pessac leognan Graves Cerons Barsac Sauternes Where is chateau petrus and chateau le pin - Correct Answer-Pomerol ac

Main districts of libourne - Correct Answer-St emilion satellites St emilion St emilion grand cru Pomerol Fronsac/ canon-fronsac Satellite villages that can add their name before st emilion - Correct Answer-Lussac Montagne Puisseguin Saint georges Cotes de bordeaux are lesser known red wine producing areas consisting of - Correct Answer-Blaye Cadillac Castillon Francs Best dry whites in bordeaux - Correct Answer-Pessac leognan ac Where are the top sweet wine appellations of bordeaux located - Correct Answer- Grouped on the banks of the garonne and its tributary the ciron Why are the rivers of bordeaux ideal for sweet wines - Correct Answer-Slow temperature changes and the rivers create the ideal misty autumn conditions for botrytis to develop Best sweet wines of bordeaux - Correct Answer-Sauternes ac Barsac Satellite appellations of sauternes - Correct Answer-Cerons ac Loupiac ac St-croix-du-mont ac Premieres cotes de bordeaux ac Named dry whites of bordeaux - Correct Answer-Entre deux mers Graves Pessac leognan Classifications of bordeaux rank what specifically - Correct Answer-Individual producers, not vineyards To 5 medoc chateau - Correct Answer-Chateaux lafite Chateaux latour Chateaux margaux Chateuax haut brion (graves)

Chateaux mouton rothschild (1973) When were the wines of graves classified - Correct Answer- Where are all of the cru classe chateaux in graves - Correct Answer-Pessac leognan What are the levels of st emilion grand cru ac (within st emilion) - Correct Answer-St emilion premier grand cru classe A -chateau cheval blanc -chateau ausone St emilion premier grand cru classe B St emilion grand cru classe When was the original classification of st emilion - Correct Answer- How often are the wines of st emilion re classified - Correct Answer-Every 10 years La place de bordeaux - Correct Answer-The unique trade structure of bordeaux where producers sell to courtiers rather than directly to negociants (merchants) Major ac to the east of bordeaux - Correct Answer-Bergerac ac Best botrytised sweet wines from Bergerac (good value) - Correct Answer-Monbazillac ac Ac's within Bergerac - Correct Answer-Montravel (dry whites) Rosette Pecharmant (reds) Monbazillac (sweet whites) Saussignac Grapes of Bergerac - Correct Answer-Bordeaux varietals Non traditional Southwest wines ac' - Correct Answer-Cahors - malbec, merlot, tannat Madiran - tannat Cotes de gascogne - varied, including ugni blanc What high acid grape is used in juracon ac - Correct Answer-Petit manseng What are the wines of juracon ac like and how are they made - Correct Answer- Passerillage is used to make sweet wines With stong apricot, grapefruit aroma and new oak Which ac is for reds only A Bergerac

B saint emilion C premieres cotes de bordeaux D pessac leognan - Correct Answer-B saint emilion Entre deux mers grapes - Correct Answer-Semillon, sauvignon blanc, muscsdelle Dry whites What are the ideal conditions for the developer of noble rot - Correct Answer-Misty mornings and sunny afternoons climate of burgundy - Correct Answer-Moderate continental (Chablis cool continental) average rainfall in burgundy - Correct Answer-650 mm per year 25.5 in per year 2 AC's in Gevrey Chambertin AV - Correct Answer-Chambertin AC Chambertin Clos de Beze AC Major city in Burgundy - Correct Answer-Dijon 3 AC's in Vosne Romanee AC - Correct Answer-Domaine Romanee Conti AC La Tache AC La Romanee AC wines other than pinot noir and Chardonnay in Burgundy - Correct Answer-Aligote Sauvignon Blanc What acts as a protective barrier in Burgundy against hailstorms - Correct Answer- Massif Central (mountain range) Soil of burgundy where chardonnay is grown - Correct Answer-calcareous clay soil of burgundy where pinot noir is found - Correct Answer-limy marl what two large areas of burgundy have very little pinot noir - Correct Answer-Yonne and Maconnais grapes of burgundy - Correct Answer-chardonnay pinot noir aligote gamay sm amount of Sauvignon Blanc tannin level of pinot in burgundy - Correct Answer-medium to high what percent of burgundy is covered in pinot noir - Correct Answer-about 33%

what percent of burgundy is covered in Chardonnay - Correct Answer-nearly half difference in style between Chablis and Macon - Correct Answer-Chablis: lean, steely, high acid Macon: complex, full bodied, riper fruit Aligote is used for what in Burgundy - Correct Answer-Bourgogne Aligote and sparkling wines areas in burgundy that grow gamay - Correct Answer-Bourgogne grand ordinaire Bourgogne Passetout grains AC Maconnais how are most vines in Burgundy trained - Correct Answer-low along wires according to the single guyot system what are the oak forests of burgundy - Correct Answer-Vosges (mountains) Nevers Allier what are the regional Burgundy Appellations - Correct Answer-Bourgogne Aligote - aligote Bourgogne Rouge - pinot noir Bourgogne Blanc - Chardonnay Main regions where Bourgogne Aligote AC is produced - Correct Answer-Chablis Cote d'Or (pernand Vergelesses or Puligny Montrachet) Cote Challonaise (bouzeron) Hierarchy of Burgundy appellations - Correct Answer-Regional AC i.e. Bourgogne Rouge AC Commune AC i.e. Givry AC Single Vineyard (Premier Cru and Grand Cru) how many Grand Cru vineyards are there in the Cote d'Or - Correct Answer- how many Premier Cru vineyards are there in Chablis - Correct Answer- 3 well known premier cru vineyards of Chablis - Correct Answer-Montee de Tonnerre Vaillons Fourchaume Cote de Nuits North to South - Correct Answer-Marsannay Fixin

*Gevrey Chambertin Morey St Denis Chambolle- Musigny *Vougeot *Vosne-Romanee *Nuits st Georges Cote de Beaune North to South - Correct Answer-Aloxe-Cotron Beaune Pommard Volnay Puligny-Montrachet Chassagne-Montrachet What are the 7 Chablis Grand Cru AC vineyards - Correct Answer-Les Clos Vaudesir Valmus Les Preuses Bougros Blanchot Grenouilles What Brand Name in Chablis has a grand cru status - Correct Answer-La Moutonne Soil of Chablis - Correct Answer-limestone overlaid w/ kimmeridgian clay rich in marine fossils soil of cote d'Or - Correct Answer-mix of limestone and marl (an earthy calcium rich clay) predominant pruning method of Cote d'Or - Correct Answer-Guyot All but one of the red Grand Crus of Cote d'Or are in - Correct Answer-Cote de Nuits What is the only red Grand Cru in Cote de Beaune - Correct Answer-Corton What is the only white Grand Cru in Cote de Nuits - Correct Answer-Musigny Blanc Volnay produces - Correct Answer-only red 3 villages with the highest reputation for whites in the Cote de Beaune - Correct Answer-1 Mersault 2 Puligny Montrachet 3 Chassagne -Montrachet 2+3 share the Grand Cru Le Montrachet

Aloxe-Corton subdivisions - Correct Answer-Corton (red Grand Cru) Corton Charlemagne (white Grand Cru) for aging purposes when are Grand Cru wines of Cote de Beaune at their peak - Correct Answer-about 10 years Cote Chalonnais regions North to South - Correct Answer-Maranges Bouzeron *Rully (more white, also important sparkling) *Mercurey (best reds) St Martin-Sous-Montaigu *Givry (admirable reds) Buxy *Montagny (only white) Macon AC wines can be made from what grapes - Correct Answer-Chardonnay Pinot Noir Gamay Key AC's of Maconnais - Correct Answer-Macon AC Macon Villages AC Pouilly Fuisse AC how many white wine villages can attach their name to Macon ______ AC - Correct Answer- where is the village of Chardonnay - Correct Answer-Maconnais Important AC's of Maconnais - Correct Answer-Vire-Clesse AC Saint Veran AC Pouilly-Vinzelles AC Pouilly-Fuisse AC Pouilly Fuisse AC alcohol % and style - Correct Answer-up to 14% abv peach and melon fruit savory and nutty w/new oak domaine bottled - Correct Answer-grower bottles and sells wine under its own label Key Beaujolais AC's - Correct Answer-Beaujolais Beaujolais villages (ten Cru villages) ten cru villages of Beaujolais North to South - Correct Answer-St Amour AC Julienas AC

Chenas AC Moulin-a-vent AC Chiroubles AC Fleurie AC Morgon AC Regnie AC Cote de Brouilly AC Brouilly AC Most powerful full bodied Beaujolais - Correct Answer-Moulin-a-vent Morgon Soil of Beaujolais Cru - Correct Answer-hilly Granitic Schist city to the south of Beaujolais - Correct Answer-Lyon how are the vines train in Beaujolais - Correct Answer-en gobelet or (bush trained) Cheers in Alsace - Correct Answer-Skelt Sausage pairing - Correct Answer-Gewurztraminer Lamb Pairing - Correct Answer-Chianti Oyster Pairing - Correct Answer-Muscadet Fois Gras Pairing - Correct Answer-Sauternes Brussel sprouts and asparagus pairings - Correct Answer-Rose Pairing w/ Indian food - Correct Answer-Syrah Pairing w/ Spam - Correct Answer-Gewurztraminer Red Bean Chili pairing - Correct Answer-Sparkling wine pairing with popcorn - Correct Answer-chardonnay pairing with chocolate chip cookies - Correct Answer-marsala Main soil which Riesling is grown in - Correct Answer-slate Name the two geological formations surrounding Alsace - Correct Answer-Vosges Mountains Rhine River

Name two negociant houses of Alsace - Correct Answer-Trimbach Hugel how much of Alsatian wines are sold by co-operatives - Correct Answer-80 % climate of Alsace - Correct Answer-cool continental Rainfall in Alsace - Correct Answer-as little as 500 mm per year 19.7 in per year Slopes in Alsace typically face what direction - Correct Answer-east or south east soil of Alsace - Correct Answer-On slopes: varied -granitic, limestone, sandstone, clay, loam, even volcanic On plains: alluvial How are Alsatian vines trained - Correct Answer-on slopes: low to benefit from radiated heat on plains: high to minimize risk of spring frost double guyot is the primary pruning system Most important grape varieties in Alsace - Correct Answer-*Riesling *Gewurztraminer *Pinot Gris *Muscat pinot blanc Sylvaner Pinot Noir What are the 2 ACs for still wine in Alsace - Correct Answer-Alsace AC Alsace Grand Cru AC if a bottle in Alsace states a grape variety, how much must be from that grape - Correct Answer-100% Name of Alsatian wine bottles - Correct Answer-flutes d'alsace when was Alsace Grand Cru AC established - Correct Answer- how many Grand Cru vineyards are in Alsace - Correct Answer- what Grand Cru vineyards of Alsace allow blending - Correct Answer-Kaefferkopf Altenberg de Bergheim What Grand Cru in Alsace allows Sylvaner - Correct Answer-Zotzenberg

What must the label of an Alsation Grand Cru wine state - Correct Answer-Name of the vineyard vintage grape variety (where appropriate) Vendange Tardive (VT) - Correct Answer-meaning late harvest or late vintage -must be noble grapes -passerillage is typically used in best wines -can vary from dry to medium sweet (think Auslese) Selection de grains nobles (SGN) - Correct Answer-meaning selection of noble rotten grapes -must be noble grapes -higher sugar ripeness than VT -noble rot (think beerenauslese) Most planted noble grape in Alsace - Correct Answer-Riesling what does Gewurz mean in german - Correct Answer-spice typical nose of gewurztraminer - Correct Answer-aromatic spicy nose -lychee -roses -sweet baking spices full bodied, rich and oily, up to 14% abv good pairings for Alsatian Gewurztraminer - Correct Answer-smoked fish strong cheese many Chinese or thai dishes mackerel how much of the plantings in Alsace are Pinot Noir - Correct Answer-10% Loire Valley location - Correct Answer-NW France Loire Climate - Correct Answer-cool maritime nantais and Anjou Climate - Correct Answer-cool maritime Touraine and central vineyards climate - Correct Answer-cool with increasing continental influence

grape varieties of Nantais - Correct Answer-Melon Blanc (Muscadet or Melon de Bourgogne) grapes of Anjou-Saumur - Correct Answer-Red: Cab franc, gamay rose: cab franc, gamay, grolleau white: chenin blanc grapes of Touraine - Correct Answer-R: Cab franc W: Chenin blanc, Sauvignon Blanc grapes of Central Vineyards - Correct Answer-R: Pinot Noir W: SB key wines of Nantais - Correct Answer-Muscadet Muscadet Sevre et Maine Sur lie Key wines of Anjou Saumur - Correct Answer-Anjou Saumur Coteaux du Layon Savennieres Key wines of Touraine - Correct Answer-Touraine Vouvray Chinon Bourgueil Key wines of Central Vineyards - Correct Answer-Sancerre Pouilly Fume Menetou-Salon Val de Loire IGP - Correct Answer-covers the whole region often single varieties best soil for Chenin blanc - Correct Answer-limestone other names for muscadet - Correct Answer-melon blanc melon de bourgogne soil of sancerre - Correct Answer-chalky, well drained red grape of sancerre - Correct Answer-pinot noir can be rose also (about 20%) soil of Pouilly fume - Correct Answer-chalky with flint (gentler slopes)

What AC in central vineyards produces only white wines - Correct Answer-pouilly fume Soil of Menetou-Salon - Correct Answer-hard and calcareous w/outcroppings of kimmeridgian clay (similar to Chablis) grapes of Menetou-Salon - Correct Answer-SB Pinot Noir Touraine red wine areas - Correct Answer-Chinon Bourgueil white wine region of Touraine - Correct Answer-Vouvray Rose wine regions of Anjou - Correct Answer-Cabernet d'Anjou AC (medium sweet, Cab Sav and Cab Franc) Rose d'Anjou AC (less sweet, Mainly grolleau, w/cab franc) Rose de Loire AC (always dry, at least 30% cab grapes) Style of Coteaux du Layon - Correct Answer-sweet (12-14% alcohol) 2 favored sites of coteaux du Layon - Correct Answer-Quarts de Chaume AC Bonnezeaux AC Savennieres grape - Correct Answer-Chenin Blanc vine pruning in Nantais - Correct Answer-gobelet style of muscadet - Correct Answer-DRY Rhone location - Correct Answer-SE France Northern Rhone climate - Correct Answer-moderate, warm, continental Southern Rhone climate - Correct Answer-warm, mediterranean Soil of Southern Rhone - Correct Answer-various -Large pudding stones in some parts of Chateauneuf-du-Pape soil o f Northern Rhone - Correct Answer-granite northern Rhone grapes - Correct Answer-R: Syrah W: Viognier, Roussanne, Marsanne Southern Rhone grapes - Correct Answer-R: Grenache, syrah, mourvedre, cinsault, and others

W: Grenach Blanc, Clairett and others In Northern Rhone vines are individually stalked...why? - Correct Answer-to aid wind protection Pruning technique of Southern Rhone - Correct Answer-Bush trained Northern Rhone Key wines - Correct Answer-Cote Rotie Condrieu Saint Joseph Cornas Hermitage Crozes-Hermitage Key Wines of Southern Rhone - Correct Answer-Cotes du Rhone Cotes du Rhone Villages Vacqueyras Gigondas Chateauneuf-du-Pape Lirac Tavel Rhone satellites location of Provence - Correct Answer-east of Rhone to Italian border location of Languedoc-Roussillon - Correct Answer-west of Rhone to Spanish border grape varieties of provence - Correct Answer-R: Grenache, Syrah, Mouvedre, Cinsault, Cab Sav and others W: Rolle, Clairette, and others grapes of Languedoc-Roussillon - Correct Answer-R: GSM, Cinsault (cab sav and merlot permitted in IGP) W: Grenache blanc, Clairette, Marsanne, Roussanne, Maccabeu (chardonnay, SB, and Viognier permitted for IGP) climate of Provence - Correct Answer-hot Mediterranean mitigated by altitude key wines of provence - Correct Answer-Cotes de Provence Bandol Key wines of Languedoc-Roussillon - Correct Answer-Languedoc (Pic saint Loup, La Clape) Corbieres Fitou

Minervois Cote du Roussillon Cote du Roussillon Villages Pay d'Oc IGP Northern Rhone older syrah profile - Correct Answer-deeply colored high tannins black fruit black pepper floral no obvious oak where in northern Rhone are Syrah and Viognier allowed to be blended - Correct Answer-Cote Rotie Main town in cote Rotie - Correct Answer-Ampius grape of cote rotie - Correct Answer-Syrah grape of Condrieu - Correct Answer-Viognier grapes of St Joseph - Correct Answer-syrah marsanne, Roussanne grapes of crozes-hermitage - Correct Answer-Syrah marsanne, Roussanne (less expensive) grapes of hermitage - Correct Answer-Syrah marsanne, Roussanne grapes of Cornas - Correct Answer-Syrah what % of Rhone wine is produced in Northern Rhone - Correct Answer-5 translation of cote rotie - Correct Answer-roasted slope how much viognier can be added to cote rotie - Correct Answer-up to 20% (typically much less) where is Chateau Grillet AC - Correct Answer-Condrieu What is the fullest bodied Northern Rhone AC - Correct Answer-Red Hermitage -can age 50+ years Name of the town by Hermitage - Correct Answer-Tain l'Hermitage

how much Roussanne Marsanne can be added to Crozes Hermitage - Correct Answer- up to 15% hierarchy of the Rhone - Correct Answer-Cotes du Rhone Cotes du Rhone Villages 7 individual crus What are the large stones covering the soil in Chateauneuf-du-Pape called - Correct Answer-galets or pudding stones is oak used on Southern Rhone whites? - Correct Answer-rarely how many villages can add their name to a label in Cote du Rhone villages AC - Correct Answer-18 and only if 100% of the wine comes from that village what is not permitted in Chateauneuf-du-Pape - Correct Answer-Rousanne-Marsanne and Rose wines what two Southern crus are on the west bank of the Rhone - Correct Answer-Tavel and Lirac Style of Tavel - Correct Answer-rose only style of Lirac - Correct Answer-rose, but some top quality reds similar to Chateauneuf- du-Pape most planted grape variety in Southern France - Correct Answer-Grenache 2nd two most planted grapes in Southern France - Correct Answer-Syrah Carignan What is the name given to IGP of Loire Valley - Correct Answer-Val de Loire Climate of Germany - Correct Answer-Coo/moderate continental German white grapes - Correct Answer-Riesling muller Thurgau silvaner grauburgunder weisburgunder scheurebe

german black grapes - Correct Answer-spatburgunder dornfelder key wine regions of Germany - Correct Answer-Mosel Nahe Rheinghau Rheinhessen Pfalz Baden Franken Key areas of Mosel - Correct Answer-Bernkastel Piesport Saar Ruwer Main regions of Nahe - Correct Answer-Schlossbockelheim regions of Rheinghau - Correct Answer-Rudesheim Geisenheim Johannisberg Main region of Rheinhessen - Correct Answer-Nierstein Regions of Pfalz - Correct Answer-forst Deidesheim regions of Baden - Correct Answer-Kaiserstuhl-Tuniberg What are wines of Germany called without a geographical indication - Correct Answer- Deutscher Wein Anbaugebiet - Correct Answer-designated region for PDO wine in Germany 13 total Bereich - Correct Answer-district within an Anbaugebiet Grosslage - Correct Answer-group of vineyards Einzellage - Correct Answer-single vineyard name an important einzellage from mosel - Correct Answer-Piesporter Goldtropfchen term for PDO in Germany - Correct Answer-geschutzte Ursprungsbeseichnung (g.U.) What is the highest pradikat category that can appear as a dry wine in Germany - Correct Answer-auslese

Eiswine can be harvested as late as when? - Correct Answer-January the following year What temp must it be to harvest Eiswein - Correct Answer--8 C 17.6 F What does Auslese mean - Correct Answer-Choice (individually selected grapes) What does Spatlese mean - Correct Answer-late vintage trockenbeerenauslese means - Correct Answer-dried choice berries What German wines cannot be harvested by Machine by law - Correct Answer-Ba and TBA German for PGI - Correct Answer-geschutzte geografische Angabe (g.g.A.) Landwein must be what level of sweetness - Correct Answer-trocken or halbtrocken (dry or off dry) another word for halbtrocken - Correct Answer-feinherb (seen more on labels) what is VDP - Correct Answer-Verband Deutscher Pradikatsweinguter (self elected members only German wine producers that are dedicated to the utmost quality) What are Erste Lage - Correct Answer-the best VDP vineyard sites what are the only grapes that can be used in Erste Lage - Correct Answer-Riesling, silvaner, Grauburgunder, Weissburgunder, and Spatburgunder what are Grosses Gewachs - Correct Answer-dry wines from Erste Lage sites what are Erstes Gewachs - Correct Answer-same as a grosses gewachs but in Rheinghau how much of plantings in Germany are riesling - Correct Answer-about 1/5 Muller Thrugau is a crossing between? when was it made? - Correct Answer-Riesling and madeleine royale 1880's Where is Pinot Noir mainly grown in Germany - Correct Answer-Pfalz and Baden Is chaptalization allowed in Germany?

in Pradikatswein? - Correct Answer-yes no soil of Nahe - Correct Answer-porphyry, quartz, slate, colored sandstone smallest Anbaugebiet in Germany - Correct Answer-Rheinghau largest Anbaugebiet in Germany - Correct Answer-Rheinhessen village in Rheingau famous for spatburgunder - Correct Answer-Assmanhausen key einsellagen from mosel - Correct Answer-piesport, brauneberg, Bekastel, Wehlen, Graach, Erden key einzellagen of Nahe - Correct Answer-Schlossbockelheim produces riesling key einzellagen of Rheinghau - Correct Answer-Rudesheim Geisenheim Johannisberg produce riesling key einzellagen of Rheinhessen - Correct Answer-Oppenheim Nierstein produce riesling key einsellagen of pfalz - Correct Answer-forst Deidesheim produce riesling key einzellage of Baden - Correct Answer-Kaiserstuhl Spatburgunder produces pinot noir key wine of franken - Correct Answer-Wurzburg Riesling, silvaner location of Austria - Correct Answer-Central Europe Climate of Austria - Correct Answer-Moderate Continental