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