HADM 4300 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED

HADM 4300 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED the wine label tells us who made the wine, where was it made, vintage year, grape variety, any indication of special handling, quality ranking or classification viticulture grape growing, picking the harvest and transporting it to the winery viniculture winemaking steps in winemaking de-stemming, crushing, adding sulfur dioxide, vatting, adding yeast, pressing pulp, aging, clarifying, stabilizing, barrel sampling, blending must unfermented grape juice bottle size affects aging rate components in wine water, alcohol, acids, sugar, anthocyanins, tannins, phenols, grape solids, sulfites, undesirable elements what attributes of wine are affected by its components? color, body, texture, aroma, bouquet, taste, aftertaste, storage life alcohol affects body, mouth-feel, storage life normal ranges of alcohol for table wines 7-14.5% light bodied wines' alcohol content 7-10% medium bodied wines' alcohol content 10-12% full bodied wines 12-14.5% the amount of potential alcohol depends on the amount of sugar, which depends on ripeness of grape at harvest how is the sugar content of a grape measured? degrees brix white grapes sugar and alcohol content 21-24 brix, 11-13% alcohol red grapes sugar and alcohol content 22-26 brix, 12-14% alcohol chaptalization adding sugar to the grape must to boost natural sugar level and produce higher alcohol level in finished wine in what regions is chaptalization a common practice? cool growing regions what percentage of table wines comes from water? 85% or more; can be both beneficial and detrimental that it dilutes all other components what are some organic acids in wines? tartaric, lactic, citric, malic what does acidity contribute? crispness, structure, balance low acidity tastes flabby, flat taste correct acidity tastes crisp, fresh, lively taste