Q.1
What does MW mean?
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Master of Wine
Massive Winemaking Area
Margaret Western
Minimal Work
Q.2
What does demi-sec tell you on a bottle of French wine?
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Half bottle
Medium dry
Half cooked
Medium sweet
Q.3
If a white wine has gone through "malolactic fermentation" , what taste characteristics would you expect?
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The white wine would then have bubbles, this is normally carried out in the bottle
The wine would be softer, as the type of acid would have changed.
The wine would have hints of pear drop from the cool fermentation technique
The wine would be fruitier, as the harsh phenols would have been removed.
Q.4
What is an AVA?
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An American Viticultural Area, which is a designated wine grape-growing region
A short name for co-opérative in Spain
All Vines Available is a movement in the South of France for leasing out vines for personal production
An Australian Vineyard Area is a delimited region where only vines can be grown
Q.5
What are lees?
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Skins of red grapes which are used to make rosé wine
Dead yeast cells used in different wine making techniques
The windward side of the vines which dictates the way the are planted
Three vine growers in the Barossa, who all share the first name Lee, and collaborate on a GSM blend.
Q.6
What is veraison?
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A very big raisin used in sweet wine
The last part of grape development when sugars decrease and acidity increases
The first part of berry development, just after flowering
Part of grape berry development, where they grow and the skins change color
Q.7
What is brettanomyces...? (we won't ask if it's good or bad)
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A chemical found on cork, which leads to wines being corked
An Asian fruit fly which is now spreading across France, turing crops to vinegar
A German term used to dictate the potential alcohol in grape must
A yeast found on the skin of grapes that adds a distinctive character to wine
Q.8
What is the meaning of Trockenbeerenauslese?
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Ice wine made when the temperature drops under 10 degrees celsius
A sweet wine - defined by the highest must weight prädikat
Noble rot wines made from Riesling
Beer yeast used in the fermentation of specialist organic wines
Q.9
What are pipes in Port?
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Barrels used for ageing
The boats used to transport Port down the river to Duoro
Parts of the grape that are left in to add tannin
The name of the robotic feet used to stomp grapes
Q.10
What is an Oechsle?
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A type of soil in Pfalz
A disease that devastates vineyards in Austria
A concrete egg used for ageing wine
A measurement scale for grape sugars, based on grape juice density