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Wine Tasting And Etiquette
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Subject
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soft-skills
Instructions:
Answer 25 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Intensely __________ wines usually possess high levels of extract and flavor.
Gold notes in a white wine; blue notes in a red wine
INAPPROPRIATE for a professional wine tasting set up?
Smell
pigmented
2. Within what temperature range should full-bodied reds be served?
Sweet
Brick reds
maximum sensitivity
62-68 degrees F
3. How many aromas can a human be trained to IDENTIFY?
Sight
1 -000
INAPPROPRIATE for a professional wine tasting set up?
Gold notes in a white wine; blue notes in a red wine
4. Humans are most sensitive to what taste sensation?
Bitter
clarity
Sweet
Sight
5. What is umami?
Sight
A savory taste sensation.
62-68 degrees F
Sight
6. The tongue map is a map of...
A savory taste sensation.
Sight
equal caliber
maximum sensitivity
7. What sense is the most important tool in wine evaluation?
Smell
INAPPROPRIATE for a professional wine tasting set up?
62-68 degrees F
pH
8. What colors indicate that a wine hails from a cool growing region or was made from unripe grapes?
5-10%
equal caliber
1 -000
Pale yellow-greens
9. What sense gives us the least accurate information about a wine?
Sweet
Bitter
1 -000
Sight
10. What colors can indicate high pH in a wine?
Gold notes in a white wine; blue notes in a red wine
Sight
A savory taste sensation.
Why a wine is decanted
11. Place deodorizers in the room to scent the air
Will increase the release of a wine's aromatics?
maximum sensitivity
INAPPROPRIATE for a professional wine tasting set up?
Brick reds
12. In order to inspect a wine for ________ - hold the wine up to a bright light or use flashlight with a focused beam to check for particulate matter.
1 -000
clarity
color and appearance
pH
13. Aroma - although often used as a synonym for a wine's 'nose' - technically refers only to the scents of the grape ________ itself.
Why a wine is decanted
variety
62-68 degrees F
Gold notes in a white wine; blue notes in a red wine
14. When tasting sparkling wines whose base cuvees are of _______ - judge them by virtue of their bead and mousse...the smaller the bead and the more generous the mousse - the higher the quality of the sparkling wine.
Sight
equal caliber
INAPPROPRIATE for a professional wine tasting set up?
Bitter
15. Humans are least sensitive to what taste sensation?
color and appearance
Sweet
Bitter
Gold notes in a white wine; blue notes in a red wine
16. A vibration-less environment - Constant temperature or minimal fluctuations in temperature - Minimal light exposure
ideal wine storage conditions
Brick reds
INAPPROPRIATE for a professional wine tasting set up?
variety
17. To soften tannins - To allow more fruit flavors to emerge - To remove a wine from its sediment.
Pale yellow-greens
Why a wine is decanted
Sight
ideal wine storage conditions
18. What colors denote an older - mature red wine?
pH
Brick reds
clarity
5-10%
19. What is the most familiar and frequently used sense?
equal caliber
Sight
Smell
color and appearance
20. Color is linked to...
Bitter
62-68 degrees F
Sight
pH
21. Humans can identify 10 -000 different...
aromas
equal caliber
Sight
Will increase the release of a wine's aromatics?
22. When evaluating a flight of wines - evaluate the of all the wines first - then quickly smell them all before evaluating each one at length.
color and appearance
A savory taste sensation.
equal caliber
Gold notes in a white wine; blue notes in a red wine
23. Warming the glass (and the wine) by holding the bowl of the wineglass in your hands - Swirling the wine in the glass - Decanting the bottle before pouring the wine into the glass.
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24. Pulling the cork and allowing the wine to stand open does little to help _____ a wine.
Sweet
Sight
aerate
equal caliber
25. In normal breathing - what percentage of the air inhaled contacts the epithelium?
Brick reds
pigmented
aromas
5-10%