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Since yeast usually keeps on converting sugar to alcohol, how can we produce sweet wines? Name 3 ways.
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1. Interrupt fermentation;
2. Add a sweet component to the blend; or 3. Use grapes containing a concentration of sugars |
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One way to interrupt fermentation is to add _______ to wine part way through the fermentaion
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Alcohol.
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Fortified, or alcohol added wines, include the two:
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Port and fortified Muscat.
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Name two Vins Doux Naturels.
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Muscat de Beaumes de Venise
Muscat de Rivesaltes. |
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Give flavors/descriptors for sweet Muscat wines
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Intensely fruity (grape, peach, perfume), medium to full bodied, sweet. high alcohol, medium to low acidity
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__________________ is an inexpensive sweet fortified Muscat wine from Spain.
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Moscatel de Valencia
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This Muscat wine, from a hot region in Northern Victoria, is aged for a long period in oak.
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Rutherglen Muscats.
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Explain flavors/descriptors for Rurherglen Muscats
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Long oak aging causes this wine to oxidise & developncomplex dried-fruit & kernel flavors( raisin, prune, fig, dried apricot, coffee,toffee). Sweet, full-bodied, high alcohol, med to low acidity.
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Are traditionally styled Fino, Amontillado and Oloroso sherries sweet or dry?
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Dry.
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What can you add to wine to make medium and sweet sherries such as Oloroso Dulce, commercial Amontillados, and Pale Creams?
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Sweet Pedro Ximenez Sherry, mixes of grape juice and alcohol, or concentrated grape juice may be added.
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Yeasts die when the alcohol level reaches around _____%.
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15
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Name three ways of concentrating sugars in grapes
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1) dry the grapes; or
2) take advantage of Noble Rot; or 3) freeze the grapes. |
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_______ is an Italian sweet wine made from dried grapes.
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Recioto.
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The scientific name for the mold causing "noble rot" is
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Botrytis cinerea.
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Name three grapes that are particularly susceptible to noble rot.
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Riesling, Semillon, Chenin Blanc.
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Is handpicking essential to get grapes at the perfect stage of rottenness?
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Yes.
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Is Tokaji a noble rot wine?
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Yes.
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What size bottle is usually used for Tokaji?
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500ml
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Aromas for botrytized wines include:
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mushroom,pineapple,sweet biscuits, cabbage, dried apricot,rye bread, orange marmalade.
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Flavors& descriptors for Sauternes?
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Luscious sweetness, high acidity.full bodied, high alcohol,citrus,stone fruit & botrytis flavors (lemon, peach) with an occasional hint of new oak (vanilla, toast, coffee).
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Do Sauternes wines age well?
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Yes.
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Tokaji is a wine from northeastern _____.
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Hungary.
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What do puttonyos indicate?
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the level of sweetness in the wine. Sweetest is six puttonyos.
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Tokaji flavors/descriptors?
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Amber, full bodied, sweet. Medium alcohol, high acidity. Intense dried fruit and sweet spice flavors (orange peel, orange marmalade, dried apricots, CINNAMON, raisins, rye bread). With age, note of coffee, nut, caramel & honey become apparent.
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BA or TBA wines from Germany are low in alcohol, or high in alcohol?
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Low. (Very sweet, high acidity).
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Describe Icewine's flavors
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Made from frozen healthy grapes, these wines have very pure, pronounced, varietal-fruity flavors, high acidity, full body, & syrupy sweetness.
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Is Icewine made with botrytized grapes?
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No.
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