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What is a fortified wine?
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a manipulation of the wine fermentaion through the addition of neutral grape spirit, in order to strengthen the base wines for the purpose of added body, warmth, durability or ageworthiness
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What are the 3 great fortified wines of the world?
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Port, Madeira, & Sherry
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What are the 3 methods of fortification?
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fortification during fermentation
(Port) fortification after fermentation (Sherry) combination of grape must and fermented wine (Mistelle) |
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What are 4 Mistelles from France?
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Champagne: Ratafia
Cognac: Pineau des Charentes Armagnac: Floc de Gascogne Jura: Macvin du Jura |
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What is an amoritized wine?
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fortified wines flavored by maceration with additional herbs and spices
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What are 5 amoritized wines from 5 different countries?
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France: Lillet Blanc
Italy: Cocchi Barolo Chinato USA: Vya Vermouth Spain: Vermouth Peruccchi England: Pimm's Cup No 5 |
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What are 3 other Sherry style producing areas of Spain?
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Málaga
Montilla-Moriles Condado de Huelva |
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What is a Quinquina?
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cinchona bark is essential to the flavor
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Name 3 different Quinquinas?
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Bonal Gentiane Quina
Byrrh Cocchi Americano |
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The production of Port is overseen and enforced by who?
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Douro Port Wine Institute, or Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e Porto (IVDP)
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What is the IVDP?
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The government-run IVDP supervises the promotion, production, and trade of all Porto and Douro DOP wines
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What is the lei do tergo?
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law of the third, a decree restricting sales of Port to 1/3 of a house’s total inventory annually
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What is a Beneficio authorization?
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the maximum amount of wine that may be fortified in a given year—based on a matrix of twelve factors. Each factor has a minimum and maximum point score associated with it, and there are a total of 2,361 points available
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What are the preferred red castas of Port?
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Touriga Nacional
Touriga Francesa Tinta Roriz Tinta Cão Tinta Barroca Tinta Amarela Tinta Francisca Bastardo Mourisco Tinto |
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What are the preferred white castas of Port?
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Gouveio
Malvasia Fina Viosinho Rabigato Esgana Cão Folgasão |
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What is a lagares?
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low, open granite troughs used for crushing grapes by foot in Port produciton.
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What is Beneficio?
(in regards to Port production) |
the fortification of wine with spirit. This occurs when approximately 1/3 of the sugar content has been converted to alcohol.
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What is aguardente?
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burning water
77% abv neutral grape spirit |
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What is mutage?
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French for process of beneficio
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How much aguardente is added to the fermentation?
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aguardente will be added to the fermenting wine in a 1:4 ratio
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How are white & rosé Ports produced?
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are made with lesser degrees of maceration, but otherwise all Port wines essentially follow this guideline of production.
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What determines the final style of Port?
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length of aging and the type of vessel, determine the final style of the wine.
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What is a pipe?
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traditional barrel used for both aging and shipping Port wine, varies in size
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What is the size of a Douro Valley pipe?
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550 Liters
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What is the size of a Vila Nova de Gaia pipe?
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620 liters
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What are the 2 broad, fundamental styles of Port
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Ruby & Tawny
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What is a Basic Ruby Port?
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Basic Ruby Port must be bottled with less than 1 year in cask often none at all. have a basic peppery- grapey flavor that can be quiet firey
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What is a Tawny Port?
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are cask-aged which develop more complex, mature tones of toffee, dried fruits, and toasted nuts with time. Tawny Port, naturally, develops lighter, amber tones of color as it ages in wood
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What is Ruby Reserve Port?
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Ruby Reserve, or Premium Ruby, replaced the term “Vintage Character” and offers more complexity and character than a basic Ruby Port.
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What is Vintage Port?
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Ruby Port aged 3 years in cask
A Port house will usually declare a vintage year only in exceptional harvests |
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How often does a Quinta declare a Port vintage?
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often a given house will, on average, declare a vintage 3 years out of every decade
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What is a Single Quinta Vintage Port?
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aged 3 years in bottled
A single quinta Vintage Port is the product of one estate’s harvest. Often, if a Port house cannot confidently declare a vintage, it may nonetheless showcase the fruit of one of its better estates as a vintage wine. |
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What is Late-Bottled Vintage Port?
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Ruby Port 4-6 years in cask
LBV Port is always the product of a single vintage, but quality may vary greatly |
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What is a Reserve Tawny?
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at least 7 years cask aging
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What is a Tawny with Indication of Age?
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Tawny Port may be labeled as 10, 20, 30, or 40 Years Old. These wines show a progressively more concentrated and developed character, reaching a pronounced oxidative, rancio state by forty years of age
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What is a Colheita Tawny?
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Colheita Tawny Port is a vintage-dated Port that spends a minimum of 7 years in cask
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What are the declared Port vintages of the 2000's?
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2000 (97H)
2003 (98H) 2007 (98H) |
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What are the declared Port vintages of the 1990's
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1991 (93 DorH)
1992 (94 DorH) 1994 (99 H) 1995 (92 H) 1997 (96 H) |
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What are the declared Port vintages of the 1980's?
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1987 (88 D)
1985 (93 DorH) 1983 (92 DorH) 1982 (84 DorH) 1980 (90 DorH) |
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What are the declared Port vintages of the 1970's?
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1978 (84 D)
1977 (97 DorH) 1975 (80 DorH) 1970 (95 DorH) |
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What are the declared Port vintages of the 1960's?
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1967 (88 D)
1966 (93 DorH) 1963 (98 DorH) 1960 (87 D) |
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What are the declared Port vintages of the 1950's?
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1955 (94 D)
1950 (86 D) |
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What are the declared Port vintages of the 1940's?
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1948 (99 D)
1947 (93 D) 1945 (98 D) |
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What are the declared Port vintages of the 1930's?
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1935 (95 D)
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What are the declared Port vintages of the 1920's?
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1927 (100 D)
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What are the declared Port vintages of the 1910's?
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1917 (88 D)
1911 (80 D) 1908 (94 D) 1904 (90 D) 1900 (90 D) |
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Who makes Quinta de Foz?
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Cálem
Single Quinta Vintage Port |
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Who makes Quinta do Cotto?
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Champalimaud
Single-Quinta Vintage Port |
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Who makes Quinta Boa Vista?
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Offley
Single Vineyard Vintage Port |
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Who makes Quimaraens?
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Fonseca
Single Quinta Vintage Port |
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Who makes Bomfim?
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Dow's
Single Quinta Vintage Port |
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Who makes Quinta do Noval Nacional?
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Noval
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Who makes Quinta da Roêda?
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Croft
Single Quinta Vintage Port |
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Who makes Quinta de Vargellas?
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Taylor-Fladgate
Single-Quinta Vintage Port (pic) LBV |
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Who makes Quinta do Passadouro?
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Neipoort
Single Quinta Vintage Port |
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Who makes Quinta da Evamoira?
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Ramos-Pinto
Single Quinta Vintage Port |
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What are the 2 Single Quinta Tawny Ports of Ramos-Pinto?
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Quinta da Evamoira 10 year
Quinta do Bom Retiro 20 Year |
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Who makes Quinta da Cavadinha?
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Warre's
Single Quinta Vintage Port |
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Who makes Quinta do Panascal?
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Fonseca
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Who makes Quinta do Seixo?
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Ferreira
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Who makes Quinta de Agua Alta?
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Chruchill's
Single Quinta Vintage Port |
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Who makes Quinta de Urtiga?
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Ramos-Pinto
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What are the 4 best Single Quinta Estates?
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Quinta de la Rosa
Quinta de Vesuvio Quinta do Noval Quinta do Sagrado |
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What is a Vintage Character Port?
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Non-vintage Ruby Port blend of average wines aged in cask for up to 4 years
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What is a Crusted Port?
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Non-vintage Ruby Port.
Blend of high-quality wines from 2 to 4 years Aged 4 years in cask Aged 3 years in bottle |
