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ALCOHOL 101

(Questions & Answers)

The Ultimate Basics of Wine, Spirits & Beer

Wine

1. What is wine?
Fermented Juice

2. Can wine be made only from grapes?
No, any fruit and some vegetables

3. What is the formula for fermentation?
Yeast + Sugar = Alcohol + Co2
4. What are the three major types of wine?

Still, Sparkling & Fortified
5. What color is the juice of most grapes?

Clear
6. From where does wine get its color?
Skin of fruit

7. How do you make a pink wine out of a black grape?
Limit the skin contact during fermentation

8. What is meant by “Varietal Grape”
Specific grape

9. What is the cover over the cork or screw top called?
Capsule

10. From where does cork come?
Tree bark
11. What is the indentation at the bottom of many bottles called?

Punt, Purpose: Strengthen glass
12. Why do you swirl wine in a glass?

To release aroma & flavor
13. What is the desirable natural and added ingredient used to preserve wine?

Sulphur Dioxide
14. When is 80% of all wine meant to be consumed?

First year made
15. What are the three basic adjectives used to describe wine?
Sweet, fruity or dry