Tasting And Food

Question 1

What effect does UMAMI have on wine

Answer 1

Makes wine taste harder

Question 2

What effect does salt have on wine

Answer 2

Fruitier, sweeter

Question 3

How do you describe a white wine with a broad watery rim

Answer 3

Pale

Question 4

If the pigment of a wine reaches almost to the rim?

Answer 4

Deep

Question 5

How do you describe the colour of a white wine with a hint of orange or brown

Answer 5

Gold

Question 6

White wine.Noticeable browning. Colour?

Answer 6

Amber

Question 7

Red wine. Noticeable orange or brown colour?

Answer 7

Garnet

Question 8

Red wine. More brown than red

Answer 8

Tawney

Question 9

Intensity describes what?

Answer 9

How much colour or flavour

Question 10

What are the 4 terms to describe wine sweetness

Answer 10

Dry, off-dry, medium, sweet

Question 11

How do you describe the strongest nose or flavour?

Answer 11

Pronounced

Question 12

Where do primary aromas come from?

Answer 12

Grapes and fermentation

Question 13

What causes oxidative tertiary aromas

Answer 13

Oak ageing

Question 14

What secondary aromas and flavours does oak impart

Answer 14

Vanilla, cloves, cedar, smoke, chocolate, coffee

Question 15

What is a wine with a tiny amount of detectable sugar

Answer 15

Off dry

Question 16

What sweetness level is sweet but not sweet enough for dessert

Answer 16

Medium

Question 17

3 names for yeast

Answer 17

Lees, autolysis, flor

Question 18

What does malolactic fermentation impart

Answer 18

Butter, cream, cheese

Question 19

What tertiary aromas could result from extended ageing without oxygen

Answer 19

Honey, petrol, mushroom

Question 20

How do you sense high acidity

Answer 20

Mouthwatering feel

Question 21

What do sweet wines need for balance

Answer 21

High acidity

Question 22

What is the alcohol range for medium alcohol level

Answer 22

11 - 13.9%

Question 23

What is the alcohol range for medium fortified wine

Answer 23

16.5 - 18.4%

Question 24

What s the main factor contributing to body in a wine

Answer 24

Alcohol

Question 25

What are the 4 factors determining quality

Answer 25

Balance, Complexity, Length, Intensity

Question 26

What does sweet food do to a wine

Answer 26

Make it taste harder (more acidic, drying, bitter, less sweet/fruity)

Question 27

What does acidic food do to a wine

Answer 27

Make it Softer (fruity/sweet, less hard)

Question 28

If food is high in acid, what will a low acid wine taste like

Answer 28

Less fruity

Question 29

What does salt do to wine

Answer 29

Fruitier, softer, less tannic

Question 30

What is the serving temperature for sweet wine

Answer 30

Well chilled 6-10

Question 31

What is the serving temperature for champagne

Answer 31

Well chilled 6-10

Question 32

What is the serving temperature for light whites/roses

Answer 32

Chilled 7-10

Question 33

What is the serving temperature for full bodied whites

Answer 33

Lightly chilled 10-13

Question 34

What is the serving temperature for light reds

Answer 34

Room temp - lightly chilled 13-18

Question 35

What is the serving temperature for big reds

Answer 35

Room temp 15-18

Question 36

What does a corked wine smell/taste like

Answer 36

Wet cardboard, less fresh, fruit is muted

Question 37

Oxidised

Answer 37

Lacks freshness/fruitiness, seems flat

Question 38

What function does sunlight perform in a vine

Answer 38

Converts water and co2 to sugar

Question 39

What are ideal conditions for botrytis to form

Answer 39

Damp misty mornings, warm dry days

Question 40

How is icewine made

Answer 40

Grapes picked while frozen, and ice and solids removed leaving only tiny amount of sweet juice

Question 41

What is considered a cool climate

Answer 41

16.5 or below

Question 42

What is considered a moderate climate

Answer 42

16.5 - 18.5

Question 43

Warm climate?

Answer 43

18.5-21