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Constantia uses what varietal?

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Muscat a Petit Grains Blanc (Muscat a Frontignan)

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Is Zinfandel a legally approved synonym for Primitivo in the UNITED STATES?

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No, only EU.

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Moscato d’Asti uses which type of Muscat?

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Muscat a Petits Grains Blanc

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Process where materials move from one part of plant to another

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Translocation

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Process which water evaporates through openings on underside of leaves

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Transpiration

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Process which sugar is broken down and converted into biological energy?

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Respiration

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What causes poor fruit set/shatter?

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Coulure

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Fungal disease known as Powdery Mildew?

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Oidium

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Fungal disease known as Downy Mildew

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Peronospora

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Millerandage causes?

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abnormal fruit set causes grape bunches to have higher proportion of small, seedless berries mixed with normal sized berries.

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Alicante Bouschet is a cross of?

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Petit Bouschet x Grenache

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What is Garnacha Tintorera

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Alicante Bouschet

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Mesoclimate translates to?

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A Vineyards climate

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Microclimate translates to?

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section of a vineyards climate (individual rows)

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Vines need how many inches of water annually?

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20-30 inches

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Viral vine diseases are spread by?

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Propagating infected cuttings

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Bacterial diseases are usually spread by?

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Insects and animals

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Estimate Total Alcohol in future wine by taking this % of the Brix Value

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55%

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What is Baumé?

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French measurement to estimate potential alcohol in wine

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Rudolph Steiner?

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Invented Biodynamics in the early 20th century

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Biodynamics?

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Alignment of planets and phases of the moon direct course of work done in the vineyard and winery.

Fruit Day
Leaf Day
Flower Day
Root Day

9 special preparations

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Name 2 Sustainable Winegrowing certifications in CA

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Lodi Rules

Napa Green

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What is the 1st growth cycle of the vine? What temperature does it need to be for this to happen?

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Weeping
50 F

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Bud break to harvest is typically how many days?

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140-160 days

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Photosynthesis slows at what temp?
50 F
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What is Debourbage
Letting newly pressed juice settle for a day or 2 before fermentation begins
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What is Pipeage
Punching down
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What is Delestage
Rack and Return
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Does Rosé typically go through Malo?
No
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What is a mevushal wine?
A kosher wine that if red of limitations once it leaves the winery
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Most common strain of yeast for winemaking
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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Describe Rutherglen
Fortified muscat a petit grains blanc
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What is Cuve Close?
Another name for the Charmat Method
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What's in the Liquer de Tirage
Sugar, yeast
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OG rack for riddling
Pupitre
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Describe the Asti Method
One fermentation in tank, stopped before complete for frizz ante, low alcohol. Then sterile filtered and bottled
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extra sec RS levels
12-17 g/l
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sec RS levels
17-32 g/l
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demi-sec RS levels
32-50 g/l
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Describe Method Ancestral/Method Rural
Base wine incomplete ferment. Put in bottle and sealed. Finishes fermentation in bottle with 6-7 g/l RS No disgorging. 1-3 atm
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Pet Nat is also known as
Method Ancestrale
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Downside to carbing a wine vs natural CO2
Does not integrate into the wine naturally= larger short-lived bubbles
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500 ml bottle is called?
Jennie
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3L of Champagne? 3L of Still wine?
Jeroboam Double Magnum
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4.5 Liter Champagne 4.5 Liter Still wine?
Rehoboam Jeroboam
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6 Liter?
Methuselah
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9 Liter?
Salmanazar
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12 Liter?
Balthazar
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15 Liter?
Nebuchadnezzar
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18 Liter?
Solomon
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How do you remember Champagne bottles sizes from 3L to 15L
Jerry (Jeroboam) Receives (Rehoboam) Meticulous (Methuselah Salmon (Salmanazar from Baltic (Balthazar Nebulas (Nebechadnezzar
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Traditional press for Champagne?
Wide, flat basket press
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What is the cutoff for "California Champagne"?
March 10th 2006
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What is sur pointe
resting riddled bottles in vertical position with lees gathered in neck
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New kid riddling rack, how many bottles?
gyro palette 500
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Biological aging and sherry refers to
Flor aging
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What's a butt?
600 L American Oak barrel used for Sherry Soleras
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What's a criadera?
a group of butts
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Where is the 1st Criadera?
Just above the bottom "solera" row
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Maximum amount allowed for removal from Solera each year
40%
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Minimum aging for Fino Sherry
2 yrs
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1st alcoholic Bev with fermented grapes in?
7000BCE Jiahu China
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2020 global wine production by case
2.9 billion cases
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EU umbrella wine law framework started on
Aug 1 2009
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EU law states that ____% of grapes must be harvested if a vineyard is listed
100%
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PDO requires _____%
100%
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PGI requires ___%
85%
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EU Vintage requires ____%
85%
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Can EU Sparkling wine be carbed?
No.
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"Quality Sparkling Wine" from EU lees aging requirement
9 months
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Most planted white of France
Ugni Blanc
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Most planted Red of France
Merlot
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How many regional IGP in France
8
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How many AOC's France?
>300
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Bordeaux and Bordeau Supérieur new grape varietals allowed
Arinaronoa Castets Marselan Touriga Nacional Albarino Lilorila
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Furthest South DO of continental Spain
Malaga DO
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Where is the town of Vila Nova de Gaia located?
Douro River, Portugal
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The town of Haro is located within?
Rioja
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Which country is directly east of Hungary?
Romania
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Paarl District is in which region?
Coastal Region
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Wellington is close to what wine region?
Wairarapa (North Island)
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Which GI is closest to Sydney?
Hunter
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Largest nested AVA of Willamette?
Tualatin Hills
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Name the 2 zones within Rapel Valley
Cochagua Valley Cachapoal Valley
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Furthest north relevant subregion in Argentina
Elqui Valley (Coquimbo Region)
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Schwarzriesling is?
Pinot Meunier
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What grape requires 75% of a White Vin de Corse?
Vermentino
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What is Trepat?
A red grape approved for Cava production
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Mosel River starts where?
Vosgue Range
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which subregion is located at Chile's shortest width
Choapa Valley
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Hard, sedimentary sandstone abundant in New Zealand
Greywacke
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Which lake, located near the town of Rust, contributes to humidity for botyrtis affected dessert wines
Lake Neusiedl
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Name 4 popular varietals for Ruster Ausbruch
Morillon PG PB Muskateller
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A portion of what region is located next to Lake Constance?
Baden
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Sweet, sparkling white of the Rhone
Clairette de Die
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What dessert wine is sometimes produced as a Xmas version required to be bottled no later than Dec. 1st of the Harvest year
Muscat de Rivesaltes
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Sweet, fortified wine produced in Armagnac region
Floc de Gascogne
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Sweetened style of Fino Sherry?
Pale Cream
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Which practice increases problem of Nematodes?
Drip irrigation
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Franken is located along which River
Main
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What % of Tuscan wine is Red
90%
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What is Aruffiac?
White grape grown in SW France
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Where is Vale dos Vihedeos?
Brazil
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What yr marks beginning of Phylloxera crisis in Europe
1860
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How much of Piemonte wine is red?
2/3
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Where is the Ningxia region located
500 miles West of Beijing
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Where is Patagonia?
Southern section of Argentina with pretty much all of the wine zone
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1st region of Spain to achieve DO Status? What yr?
Rioja 1925
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What 2 areas shape Waitaki Valley
Canterbury and Central Otago
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Corpinnat is delimited to what area? What varietals? Other rules
Central Penedes 90% minimum indigenous hand harvesting, min lees aging
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The vineyards in the eastern side of ___________________ are planted in relatively flat land in the water shed of the Russian River
Mendocino County
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Bentonite Clay may be used for?
Fining
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1st Chinese area to be declared an official appellation for wine
Eastern foot of Helan Mountain
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Neusiedlersee DAC varietal?
Zweigelt
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Eisenberg DAC Varietal?
Blaufrankisch
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Where is Awatare Valley?
NZ South Island
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Ribera del Duero requires ____% Tempranillo
75%
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Fitou AOC focuses on
Red wine from Grenache and Carignan
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What does the Cannelones District specialize in?
Tannat from Uruguay
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Rosso Primitivo Puglia IGT requires ____% Primitivo
85%
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Vinho Verde is named for the fact that it is _______
meant to be consumed young
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Where is the main source of grapes for Cremant de Loire
Saumur
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1st white wine to earn DOCG
Romagna Albana
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1st, 2nd and 3rd press for Champagne
Cuvee Taille Rebeche
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Vino de Pago established in?
2003
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Name the 3 types of Marsala
Oro Ambra Rubino
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Name the 3 sweetness levels for Marsala
Secco 4% or less Semisecco 4-10% Dolce >10%
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Marsala aged for 1 yr?
Fine
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Marsala aged for 2 yr
Superiore
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Marsala aged for 4 yr
Marsala Superiore Riserva
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Marsala aged for 5 years (2)
Marsala Vergine Marsala Solera
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Marsala aged 10 yrs
Marsala Vergine Stravecchio Riserva Must be dry

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