Q.1
What does MW mean?
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Minimal Work
Margaret Western
Master of Wine
Massive Winemaking Area
Q.2
What does demi-sec tell you on a bottle of French wine?
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Medium dry
Medium sweet
Half cooked
Half bottle
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 fruitier, as the harsh phenols would have been removed.
The wine would have hints of pear drop from the cool fermentation technique
The wine would be softer, as the type of acid would have changed.
The white wine would then have bubbles, this is normally carried out in the bottle
Q.4
What is an AVA?
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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
An American Viticultural Area, which is a designated wine grape-growing region
Q.5
What are lees?
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Skins of red grapes which are used to make rosé wine
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.
Dead yeast cells used in different wine making techniques
Q.6
What is veraison?
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Part of grape berry development, where they grow and the skins change color
The last part of grape development when sugars decrease and acidity increases
A very big raisin used in sweet wine
The first part of berry development, just after flowering
Q.7
What is brettanomyces...? (we won't ask if it's good or bad)
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A German term used to dictate the potential alcohol in grape must
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
Q.8
What is the meaning of Trockenbeerenauslese?
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Beer yeast used in the fermentation of specialist organic wines
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
Q.9
What are pipes in Port?
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Parts of the grape that are left in to add tannin
The boats used to transport Port down the river to Duoro
The name of the robotic feet used to stomp grapes
Barrels used for ageing
Q.10
What is an Oechsle?
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A concrete egg used for ageing wine
A measurement scale for grape sugars, based on grape juice density
A type of soil in Pfalz
A disease that devastates vineyards in Austria