Maximise Your Enjoyment! Flashcards
Name 4 considerations for the long term storage of wine.
Cool, constant temperature. On its side (unless using a screwcap). In the dark
What style of red wine can be served lightly chilled?
Light bodied (in this case due to low tannins)
Which 2 types of white wine are best served well chilled?
Sparkling and Sweet
Name 2 methods for preserving a wine.
Vacuum system and Blanket method
Which 2 food ingredients tend to be the more successful in matching with wine?
Acidity. Salt (both enhance fruity characters)
Which 3 food ingredients can cause a wine to taste unpleasant?
Umami. Chilli heat. Bitter
Most red wines are grown in cooler climates, or moderate to warm climates?
Moderate to warm.
A sweet wine is best served with what sort of food?
Sweet. Sometimes salty food can work.
Salt can make most wine taste…
More fruity, and less tannic/bitter.
Acidity in food can make a wine taste…
More fruity, and less acidic.
Bitterness in food (eg, olives. some green vegetables) can make a bitter (high tannin) red wine taste….
Even more bitter.
Chilli heat can exaggerate what in a wine?
The alcohol, creating a burning sensation at the back of the throat.
Umami (eg, oily fish, marmite) can make a red wine taste…
Much drier, with an unpleasant metalic taste. Not good. However, if sufficient the level of salt can counter the affect of the umami - for example, Parmesan cheese.
A sweet dish with a dry wine will taste…
overly acidic, lacking fruit character (lack of balance). Serve sweet food with sweet wine.
What is needed to counter the effect of high fat/oil content in food?
High acidity. This can help cut through/ unzip the fat and allow the wine to also be tasted.
