Sparkling Wines

Question 0

What are the 5 main methods of making sparkling wine?

Answer 0

1. Champagne/ traditional method
2. Transfer
3. Charmat/ cuvée close
4. Carbonation (pompe a bicyclette)
5. Rural method

Question 1

Who “invented” sparkling wine?

Answer 1

The English, Christopher merret

Question 2

What are the two main styles of sparkling wine?

Answer 2

Toast/ yeast driven

Fruit driven

Question 3

What is a method to prevent frost damage in champagne?

Answer 3

Spray water to freeze vines

Question 4

3 grapes in champagne

Answer 4

Chardonnay, Pinot noir, Pinot meunier

Question 5

Soil in champagne

Answer 5

Chalk and clay

Question 6

Regions of champagne

Answer 6

Montagne de riems
Cote de blanc
Cote de sezanne 
Valle de l'aube 
Valle de la Marne

Question 7

Process of champagne method

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Lees aging requirements in champagne

Answer 8

15 months for non vintage

36 for vintage

Question 9

Dosage levels

Answer 9

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)

Question 10

What is Blanc de noir

Answer 10

made from only Pinot noir and Pinot meunier

Question 11

What is blanc de blanc?

Answer 11

Made from only Chardonnay

Question 12

What does RD mean in terms of sparkling?

Answer 12

Recently disgorged

Question 13

List some new world regions for tm sparkling

Answer 13

California
Australia
New Zealand 
South Africa
Italy ( franciacorta)

Question 14

What is cremant?

Answer 14

French name for sparkling wine made outside of champagne

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Loire valley

Question 16

Where is Asti/moscato Asti from?

Answer 16

Piedmont Italy

Question 17

What grape is Asti/moscato Asti made from?

Answer 17

Moscato bianco

Question 18

What are two differences?

Answer 18

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

Question 19

What is the prosecco docg?

Answer 19

Prosecco di congeliano- valdobbiadene

Question 20

What’s proseccos grape?

Answer 20

Glera

Question 21

What method does prosecco use?

Answer 21

Charmat

Question 22

What is a Bellini?

Answer 22

Prosecco mixed with peach purée

Question 23

Brachetto d’acqui grape varieties

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Branchetto method

Answer 24

Usually charmat

Question 25

Franciacorta docg, where is it from?

Answer 25

Lombardia Italy

Question 26

Franciacorta method?

Answer 26

Champagne method

Question 27

Franciacorta grapes?

Answer 27

Chardonnay, Pinot noir, Pinot blanc, Pinot Gris

Question 28

Cava grapes?

Answer 28

Xarel-lol, macabeo,parellada

Question 29

Cava region? And method

Answer 29

Traditional method, Spain cataluna, cava

Question 30

Call sign for cava

Answer 30

Rubber or eraser not very much autolysis

Question 31

What do they use commonly for cava riddling?

Answer 31

Gyro palates (very large machines vlms)

Question 32

What is Sekt?

Answer 32

German sparkling, mostly charmat better versions are traditional.

Question 33

What is deutscher Sekt?

Answer 33

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

Question 34

What is charmat method?

Answer 34

``` Blended cuvée Then triage (adding sugar and yeast) Put into pressure tank Second fermentation Cooling Clarification Dosage then bottling ```

Question 35

What is transfer method?

Answer 35

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