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What are the 5 main methods of making sparkling wine?

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  1. Champagne/ traditional method
  2. Transfer
  3. Charmat/ cuvée close
  4. Carbonation (pompe a bicyclette)
  5. Rural method
1
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Who “invented” sparkling wine?

A

The English, Christopher merret

2
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What are the two main styles of sparkling wine?

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Toast/ yeast driven

Fruit driven

3
Q

What is a method to prevent frost damage in champagne?

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Spray water to freeze vines

4
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3 grapes in champagne

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Chardonnay, Pinot noir, Pinot meunier

5
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Soil in champagne

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Chalk and clay

6
Q

Regions of champagne

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Montagne de riems
Cote de blanc
Cote de sezanne 
Valle de l'aube 
Valle de la Marne
7
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Process of champagne method

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Harvest 
1st Pressing of grapes (cuvée) 
2nd pressing (taille)
First fermentation
Assemblage (the blending of wines from different regions vineyards,grapes and years)
Tirage (addition of a liqueur made of sugar and yeast which is added to the bottles 
Second fermentation 
Aging on lees
Riddling (brings sediment to neck)
Disgorging (expulsion of sediment)
Dosage ( addition of sweet liqueur made of champagne and sugar) 
Corking and labelling
8
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Lees aging requirements in champagne

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15 months for non vintage

36 for vintage

9
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Dosage levels

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Brut natural or Brut zero (less than 3G/l)
Extra brut (less than 6g/l)
Brut (less that 12 g/l)
Extra sec (12-17g/l) 
Sec (17-32g/l) 
Demi sec (32-50g/l) 
Doux (more than 50g/l)
10
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What is Blanc de noir

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made from only Pinot noir and Pinot meunier

11
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What is blanc de blanc?

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Made from only Chardonnay

12
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What does RD mean in terms of sparkling?

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Recently disgorged

13
Q

List some new world regions for tm sparkling

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California
Australia
New Zealand 
South Africa
Italy ( franciacorta)
14
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What is cremant?

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French name for sparkling wine made outside of champagne

15
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Where is France’s largest spark wine producer outside of champagne?

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Loire valley

16
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Where is Asti/moscato Asti from?

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Piedmont Italy

17
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What grape is Asti/moscato Asti made from?

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Moscato bianco

18
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What are two differences?

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Spumante (less sweet, higher alcohol)
Frizzante ( sweeter, lower alcohol)
Better versions are more perfumed

19
Q

What is the prosecco docg?

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Prosecco di congeliano- valdobbiadene

20
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What’s proseccos grape?

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Glera

21
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What method does prosecco use?

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Charmat

22
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What is a Bellini?

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Prosecco mixed with peach purée

23
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Brachetto d’acqui grape varieties

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Brachetto with option of mixing up to 20% moscato Nero and aleatico

24
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Branchetto method

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Usually charmat

25
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Franciacorta docg, where is it from?

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Lombardia Italy

26
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Franciacorta method?

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Champagne method

27
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Franciacorta grapes?

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Chardonnay, Pinot noir, Pinot blanc, Pinot Gris

28
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Cava grapes?

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Xarel-lol, macabeo,parellada

29
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Cava region? And method

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Traditional method, Spain cataluna, cava

30
Q

Call sign for cava

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Rubber or eraser not very much autolysis

31
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What do they use commonly for cava riddling?

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Gyro palates (very large machines vlms)

32
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What is Sekt?

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German sparkling, mostly charmat better versions are traditional.

33
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What is deutscher Sekt?

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Can only be labeled as that if it is made from exclusively German grapes

34
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What is charmat method?

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Blended cuvée 
Then triage (adding sugar and yeast) 
Put into pressure tank
Second fermentation 
Cooling
Clarification 
Dosage then bottling
35
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What is transfer method?

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Starts off same as champagne however after aged on lees, bottles are chilled and and contents transfered into a bulk pressure tank to be clarified
Then dosage and rebottled