WSET Guías de estudio, Notas de estudios & Resúmenes

Malbec - Answer "Other" black grape variety most associated with Argentina Carmenere - Answer "Other" black grape variety most associated with Chile Pinotage - Answer "Other" black grape variety most associated with South Africa Zinfandel - Answer "Other" black grape variety most associated with California Tempranillo - Answer Main grape variety of red Rioja Gamay - Answer Main grape variety of red Beaujolais Burgundy - Answer Region located to the north o...

pairing for goat cheese - Answer Sancerre local food pairs with - Answer local wine pairing with stilton cheese - Answer port pair w/ sweet food - Answer sweeter wine/no tannins 3 species of grapes native to north america - Answer vitis riparia, vitis berlandieri, vitis rupestris what is a "shoot" on a vine - Answer the new growth a vine produces each year what does bitterness in food do - Answer increases bitterness in wine chili heat in food does what? - An...

What is wine? - Answer A drink made from the fermented juice or freshly-picked grapes. One of the most natural of all alcoholic drinks. What is fermentation? - Answer A natural process caused by yeast. What is yeast? - Answer Are microscopic organisms that live naturally alongside grapes int he vineyard and winery. How does yeast live? - Answer They feed on sugar, as found in grape juice, converting it to alcohol and carbon dioxide gas. What are the three types of wine? - An...

Which wine is an example of a full-bodied wine? 1) Pinot grigio 2) Cabernet Sauvignon 3) Cotes du Rhone 4) Sancerre - Answer Cabernet Sauvignon Which is true of Port? 1) Always sweet and high in alcohol 2) Always dry and high in alcohol 3) Can be dry, medium or sweet 4) It is like Sherry only made in Portugal - Answer It is always sweet and high in alcohol Which grape is white? 1) Chardonnay 2) Riesling 3) Pinot Gris 4) All of the above - Answer All of the above Which ...

Wine Types/Styles - Answer Light Sparkling Fortified Fermentation - Answer Natural process caused by yeast. What does yeast do? - Answer Feed on the sugar, converting it into alcohol and carbon dioxide gas Light Wines - Answer Still wines Majority fall under this category 8-15% alcohol Sparkling Wine - Answer Wine were bubbles of carbon dioxide gas trapped in wine Fortified Wine - Answer Wines that have extra alcohol added 15-22% alcohol Color styles of Wine ...

Where does a rosé wine get is color from? 1. Artificial Coloring 2. The addition of red wine 3. The skins of black grapes 4. Stainless steel tanks. - Answer Where does a rosé wine get is color from? *3. The skins of black grapes* Which ONE of the following wines is the best paring when served with a fruit-based dessert? 1. High acid, low tannin red wine 2. Dry, light bodied white wine 3. High tannin, full bodied red wine 4. Sweet, high acid white wine. - Answer Which ONE ...

Which one of the following does not affect temperature in the vineyard? 1. Climate 2. Weather 3. Gape Variety 4. Soil - Answer Which one of the following does not affect temperature in the vineyard? *3. Gape Variety* Which one of the following statements is true? 1. Top quality wine can only be made from hand harvested grapes. 2. Top quality wines can only be made from machine harvested grapes. 3. Top quality wine can be made from hand and machine harvested grapes. 4. Top qua...

Both Tank and Bottled-Fermented Sparking Wines start with what? - Answer Still Base Wine, usually light in alchohol, and processes add approximately 1-2% abv What is Tank Method? - Answer part of fermentation takes place in sealed tank, which prevents any carbon dioxide gas from escaping True or False: The base wine could be partially fermented must, where the last part of the fermentation takes place in a sealed tank - Answer True What is Prosecco? - Answer A sparkling wine fro...

Which one of the following is true? a. Hail protects grapes from fungal attacks b. Too much heat can stop the vine producing sugars c. fertile soils give the highest quality grapes for winemaking d. Irrigation is used widely for quality wine production in Europe - Answer b. Too much heat can stop the vine producing sugars Compared with red wines, white wines are generally fermented at a. Either higher or lower temperatures b. The same temperature c. Higher temperatures d. Lower tem...

Four reasons for tasting notes - Answer Provide a personal record, assist in articulating, assess the quality, monitor the progress of the wine. Five ideal conditions for tasting - Answer No distracting odors, good natural light, clean white surface, clean palate, correctly filled ISO glass. Hazy appearance could indicate... - Answer Presence of bacteria or secondary fermentation When assessing intensity in appearance, concentrate on... - Answer The concentration of the color, n...