Q.1
What does MW mean?
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Minimal Work
Master of Wine
Massive Winemaking Area
Margaret Western
Q.2
What does demi-sec tell you on a bottle of French wine?
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Medium sweet
Medium dry
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 have hints of pear drop from the cool fermentation technique
The white wine would then have bubbles, this is normally carried out in the bottle
The wine would be fruitier, as the harsh phenols would have been removed.
The wine would be softer, as the type of acid would have changed.
Q.4
What is an AVA?
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A short name for co-opérative in Spain
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
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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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
Skins of red grapes which are used to make rosé wine
Q.6
What is veraison?
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The first part of berry development, just after flowering
A very big raisin used in sweet wine
The last part of grape development when sugars decrease and acidity increases
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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An Asian fruit fly which is now spreading across France, turing crops to vinegar
A chemical found on cork, which leads to wines being corked
A yeast found on the skin of grapes that adds a distinctive character to wine
A German term used to dictate the potential alcohol in grape must
Q.8
What is the meaning of Trockenbeerenauslese?
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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
Ice wine made when the temperature drops under 10 degrees celsius
Q.9
What are pipes in Port?
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The name of the robotic feet used to stomp grapes
The boats used to transport Port down the river to Duoro
Barrels used for ageing
Parts of the grape that are left in to add tannin
Q.10
What is an Oechsle?
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A measurement scale for grape sugars, based on grape juice density
A concrete egg used for ageing wine
A disease that devastates vineyards in Austria
A type of soil in Pfalz