Wine/sparkling Varieties And terms

Question 1

Demi-sec

Answer 1

Half dry. Semi sweet. 33-50 grams of sugar/3.3-5%

Question 2

Doux

Answer 2

Sweet. >50grams of sugar> 5%. Dessert drink, more sugar then favorite brand of soda

Question 3

Extra/brut

Answer 3

Extra low levels of sugar. 0-6 grams/liter or 0.6%

Question 4

Sec

Answer 4

“Dry or lean”. 17-35 grams/liter. 1.7-3.5% sugar

Question 5

Brut

Answer 5

“Dry, raw, unrefined” only a little sugar added, 15g/liter or 1.5% sugar—-no additional sweetened wine or spirit. “Dry on the palate, dries out tongue”

Question 6

Cava

Answer 6

Brut sparkling wine from Spain

Question 7

Cremant

Answer 7

Brut “sparkling wine” not champagne from France