HADM 4300 Questions and Answers(A+ Solution guide)

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