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What is Soleo?
Sherry |
concentrated grapes on mats
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Describe Yeso?
Sherry |
prior to pressing grapes, stalks are removed and a small amount of Yeso(gypsum) is added to precipitate tartrate crystals
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What is minimum aging for Sherry?
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no wine may be sold that is less than 3 yrs old
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What is are the major soil types of Sherry
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Albariza- soft marl (Palamino grown in it)
Barro- alluvial (Pedro Ximenz and Moscatel) Arena- sandy (PX and Moscatel) |
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What are the sizes of Sherry Casks?
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500 litres for shipping
600-650 litres for maturing |
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Where must Manzanilla be matured?
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San Lucar de Barrameda
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What is Mistrella (dulce) in Sherry?
Coloring agent in Sherry |
made from free run juice and uses only the 1st pressing. Unfermented juice is blended with alcohol and brought up to 15% abv. After fining and racking a second fortification takes place bring alcohol up to 17-18%
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What are the classifications of Sherry-post fermentation?
-marks on casks |
I --single stroke
(finest flavour and aromatics--fino or amontillado) I. --single stroke with dot (heavier fuller bodied-fortified to 17.5% alc to prevent growth of flor (oloroso) II --2 strokes (need to develop further to determine use for amontillado or oloroso) III -- 3 strokes ( poorly developed will be distilled) |
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What are aging requirements for Sherry?
VOS VORS Wines with age indication |
All wines min. 3 years
VOS-20 years VORS- 30 years Wines with age indication 12-15 years |
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How large is Maderia Lodge pipe?
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630 L
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What is estufagem?
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is heated for minimum of 90 days at 40-50 degrees Celsius
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What are soil types of Maderia
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Basalt and Tufa
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What are the grapes and styles of Maderia
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Serical-dry light color
Verdelho-med.dry- golden color Bual (Boal) med. sweet-dark gold Malmsey- sweet deep brown |
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RS level in Sercial?
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up to 25g/L
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RS level of Verdelho
Maderia |
between 17-40 g/L
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RS level of Bual
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40-60 g/L
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RS level of Malmsey
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min. 60g/L
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What is Frasquiera?
Sherry |
Top wines from Vintage
Min. 20 yrs in cask 2 years in bottle |
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What are aging requirements for Colheita?
Sherry |
6 -10 yrs in cask
(originally 12-18 yrs in cask) |
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What is the size of a Douro pipe?
Villa Nova pipe? |
Douro pipe 550L
Villa Nova- 580- 630 L |
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What is the wine/brandy ratio in Port.
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20-25% wine brandy (110L aguardente to 440L fermenting wine
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What is IVDP?
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Intistuto dos Vinhos do Douro e Porto
--2003 governing body for all port and Douro wines |
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What is the Camara de Provadores?
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the group of 7 members that tastes ports to determine type
(10yr Tawny, 20yr Tawny...) |
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Name the 3 sub regions of Port
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Baixo (lower) Corgo
Cima (higher) Corgo Douro Superior |
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What is aging requirement for LBV port?
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4 - 6 years in wood
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What is aging requirement for Colheita port?
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Single vintage tawny
Minimum 7 yrs in cask |
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What are primary white varietals in port?
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Malvasia Fina
Voisinho Donzelinho Gouveio |
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Name primary red varietals in Port
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Tinta Amarela
Tinta Barroca Tinta Roriz Touriga Francesa Touriga Nacional Tinto Cao |
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Port Vintages from 1950-current
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55, 63, 66, 70, 77, 83, 85, 91, 92, 94, 95, 97, 2000, 2003, 2007
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5 types of Tequila
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oro-(gold)
blanco- not aged reposado- min. 2months less than 1 yr anejo- min. 1yr, but less than 3 yrs Maduro- min. 3 yrs |
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5 Areas of Tequila production
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Jalisco
Nayarit Michoacan Guanajuato Tamaulipas |
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Polish levels of Sake
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Junmai- 70% remaining grain
Honjozo- 70% remaining grain (brewers alcohol added) Ginjo- 60% remaining grain (is honjozo unless listed as Junmai Ginjo) Diaginjo- 50% remaining grain (if no distillate added Junmai Diaginjo) |
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What is Koji-kin
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a green powdery mold (used in first stage of steaming) Koji, water, yeast make up the moto or starter
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What is Namazake
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Unpasteurized Sake
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What is Nigori Sake
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Unfiltered Sake
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What is Terazake?
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Sake aged in wood barrels
(Cypress) |
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What is Jizake
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sake from smaller kura (brewery)
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What is Genshu Sake
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Undiluted sake
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What are the 5 special types of Sake?
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Namazake-unpasteurized
Nigori Sake- unfiltered sake Terazake-aged in wood barrels Jizake- from small brewery (kura) Genshu Sake-undiluted sake |
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What are 3 styles of Gin?
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**London Dry
- Beefeeter, Bombay, Boodles **Genever - Bols Genever **Plymouth Style - Plymouth Old Tom -Haymans, Ransom |
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6 regions of Scotch Whiskeys
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Highlands
Lowlands Speyside Islay Campbeltown the Islands |
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Name distilleries from Highlands
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Oban
Glenmorangie Dalwhinnie Dalmore |
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Name some distilleries from Lowlands
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Glenkinchie
Auchentoshand Blandoch |
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Name distilleries from Speyside
Speyside is a former subzone of HIghlands (Spey River) |
Glenlivet
Glenfiddich Macallan |
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Name the only 3 distilleries from Cambeltown
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Glen Scotia
Glengyle Springbank |
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Name distilleries from Islay
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Laphroig
Lagavulin Ardbeg |
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Name the 5 major islands that make of The Islands
-Scotch |
Isle of Skye
Isle of Jura Isle of Mull Orkney Islands Arran |
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What are subregions of Cognac
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Grande Champagne
Petite Champagne Borderies Fin Bois Bons Bois Bois Ordinairies |
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What are the 3 areas of Armagnac
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Bas Armagnac
Haut Armagnac Tenareze |
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Name the 3 AOPs of Calvados
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Calvados AOP
Calvados Domfrontais AOP Calvados Pays d'Auge AOP |
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How much perry (pear cider) can be added to
Pays d'Auge? Domfrontais? |
Pays d' Auge MAX 30% perry
Domfrontais MIN 30% perry |
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What are aging requirements for
Calvados? Vieux ( Reserve) Vieille Reserve (VSOP) Hors D'age (XO or Napoleon) |
Vieux- 3 years
Vieille Reserve- 4 yrs Hors d'age 6yrs |
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What is Kirschwasser?
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Eau du Vie from black cherries
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Name some plum eau du vies
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Slivovitz
Mirabelle Quetsch Prunelle |
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What is Boukha?
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Fig eau du vie from Tunisia
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What is Barack Palinka
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Apricot eau du vie from Hungary
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