Wine

Question 1

What foods are popularly paired with red wine?

Answer 1

• red meats
• tomato based pasta sauces
• gamey turkey
• pork

Question 2

What temperature is red wine served at?

Answer 2

room temperature, 65°

Question 3

Name some common types
of red wine.

Answer 3

• Cabernet Sauvignon
• Merlot
• Shiraz

Question 4

What foods are popularly paired with white wine?

Answer 4

lighter tasting dishes

• fish
• poultry
• vegetarian dishes
• white pasta sauces

Question 5

What temperature are both rose and white wine served?

Answer 5

chilled

Question 6

Name some common types of white wine.

Answer 6

• Chardonnay
• Pinot Grigio
• Riesling

Question 7

What are fortified wines?

Answer 7

distilled spirits are added to increase body and stop fermentation process

• typically sweet
• drier fortified wines used as apertifs
• sweeter fortified wines used as dessert wines

Question 8

Name 3 common types
of fortified wines.

Answer 8

1. Sherry
2. Port
3. Madeira

Question 9

What is an aromatized wine?

Answer 9

wine based alcoholic beverages flavored with herbs and spices

e.g. vermouth

Question 10

Name some common wine regions in France.

Answer 10

• Bordeaux
• Alsace
• Champagne
• Savoy
• Bourgogne

Question 11

Define the following term:

aroma

Answer 11

particular scent of the grape
in the wine

Question 12

Define the following term:

body

Answer 12

density or consistency of a wine

referred to as full-, medium-, or light-bodied

Question 13

Define the following term:

bouquet

Answer 13

aroma of a fermented wine

first indicator of a wine’s quality during a testing

Question 14

Define the following term:

decant

Answer 14

to pour bottled wine carefully into a larger vessel

• allows a wine to breathe
• filters any sediment
• usually refers to red wine

Question 15

Define the following term:

dry

Answer 15

describes wine with little to no sweetness

• sugars have been almost totally fermented
• dry wines served before sweet wines

Question 16

Define the following term:

fruity

Answer 16

wine whose character has developed from fully ripened grapes

Question 17

Define the following term:

mise en bouteille

Answer 17

a wine bottled at the property where the grapes are grown

• French term means ‘put in bottle’
• usually refers to vintages

Question 18

Define the following term:

room temperature

Answer 18

temperature that red wines are usually served

Question 19

Define the following term:

sediment

Answer 19

residue that can accumulate in the bottle during the aging process

• not considered a negative property
• can be filtered through decanting

Question 20

Define the following term:

sweet

Answer 20

presence of residual sugar
(when all of the grape sugar is not completely converted to alcohol)

Question 21

Define the following term:

vintage

Answer 21

indicates the year in which the grapes were grown and wine was made