CSW Practice Exam – 04/11

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1. Which of the following is not a commune appellation in the Médoc?
Answer: Fleurie
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2. The process by which sugars are broken down by the grapevine and used as energy is called:
Answer: Respiration
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3. Which of the following Prädikat levels may be vinified dry?
Answer: Beerenauslese
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4. What is Leaf Roll?
Answer: A virus that attacks the grape vine
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5. Which of the following AVAs is located in Sonoma County?
Answer: Wild Horse Valley
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6. Who is the man responsible for creating the “Balanced Vine” theory?
Answer: Richard Smart
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7. Humans are most sensitive to which taste?
Answer: Sweet
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8. Which of the following wine regions is located in New Zealand?
Answer: Worcester
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9. What is the most aldehydic wine in the world?
Answer: Sherry
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10. How many different grape varieties are allowed in Châteauneuf-du-Pape?
Answer: 13
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11. Where is Monthelie located?
Answer: Mâconnais
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12. Which of the following Italian wine regions is located furthest north?
Answer: Latium
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13. At what point does the vine usually produce its first commercial crop?
Answer: In its third year
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14. Which of the following is not a subregion of the Chianti DOCG?
Answer: Montalbano
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15. The correct term for dead yeast cells and other solids precipitated during fermentation and aging in casks is:
Answer: Lees
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16. Wine is mostly comprised of
Answer: Water
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17. What chemical compound is responsible for the smell of garlic or onions in a wine?
Answer: Hydrogen sulfide
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18. Where is the wine region of Mendoza located?
Answer: Chile
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19. Australia’s place of origin system is known by
Answer: GI’s
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20. A high acid white with aromas of peach, honeysuckle, apricot and slate is most probably
Answer: Gewürztraminer
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21. Which of the following wine regions is located in the state of South Australia?
Answer: Barossa Valley, Coonawarra, and Padthaway
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22. Which of the following is not one of the subregions of Rioja?
Answer: Rioja Classico
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23. The primary alcohol in wine is:
Answer: Ethanol
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24. Which of the following is not a sweet white wine?
Answer: Bourgeuil
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25. Most German vineyards are located near rivers or lakes primarily because:
Answer: The water moderates the climate and helps ripen the grapes.
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26. Which of the following is not one of the crus of Beaujolais?
Answer: Régnié
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27. Which of the following wine regions is located in South Africa?
Answer: Stellenbosch
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28. The smallest amount of residual sugar that 50 percent of the population can recognize in a wine (the average recognition threshold) is:
Answer: 1.0 percent
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29. Which of the following steps is not normally performed in white wine production?
Answer: Skin Contact
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30. What is the only French AOC that is allowed to designate its wines by varietal?
Answer: Alsace
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31. Which of the following sugars is not found in grapes?
Answer: Xylose
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32. What are the four categories of place of origin for quality wine in Germany, in order from largest to smallest?
Answer: Bereich, Anbaugebiet, Einzellage, Grosslage
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33. Most of the vineyard acreage in Argentina is located:
Answer: In the west in the foothills of the Andes
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34. Which of the following appellations does not produce red wine?
Answer: St.-Peray
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35. The longest-aged and highest-quality grade of Marsala is:
Answer: Vergine Stravecchio Riserva
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36. What are the two primary white grapes in Bordeaux?
Answer: Chenin Blanc and Sauvignon Blanc
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37. Which of the following AVAs has the hottest climate?
Answer: Paso Robles
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38. What are the three acids found in grapes?
Answer: Tartaric, malic, lactic
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39. Which of the following wines is least likely to smell “corked”?
Answer: A wine with a screw cap
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40. Which of the following is not a reason SO2 is added to grape must?
Answer: To break down cellulose and speed up fermentation and color extraction
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41. Which of the following is one of the levels of the Portuguese quality pyramid?
Answer: Vinho controllada
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42. In addition to Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, the third authorized grape variety for Champagne production is:
Answer: Pinot Meunier
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43. The most widely planted white and red grapes in the state of Washington are:
Answer: Chardonnay and Merlot
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44. Which of the following lists Austrian Prädikatswein levels in increasing order by must weight?
Answer: Spätlese, Auslese, Trockenbeerenauslese, Ausbruch
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45. What is the liqueur de tirage?
Answer: A blend of yeast and sugar
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46. How much wine is in a jeroboam?
Answer: Six bottles
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47. Which of the following grape varieties is not grown in Burgundy?
Answer: Melon de Bourgogne
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48. Edelfäule is:
Answer: A synonym for Riesling used in the Rheingau
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49. The “black wines” of Cahors are made from:
Answer: Tannat
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50. Emilia-Romagna is known best for which wine product?
Answer: Prosecco
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51. Which of the following is located in the South of France?
Answer: Minervois
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52. Legs or tears on the inside of the glass after swirling a dry wine indicate:
Answer: High alcohol
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53. What are the three principle grape varieties in Spanish sparkling wine?
Answer: Xarel-lo, Macabeo, Parellada
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54. Sherry from Jerez de la Frontera:
Answer: Is always dry when fortified but may be bottled dry or sweet
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55. DNA typing has determined that the ancestor to U. S. Zinfandel is a grape known as
Answer: Crljenak
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56. Which of the following is not in Sonoma County?
Answer: Russian River Valley
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57. Syrah is a cross between
Answer: Dureza and Mondeuse Blanche
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58. What three grapes comprise Bardolino?
Answer: Molinara, Garganega, Verduzzo
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59. Which of the following shows the correct progression during the grapevine’s annual cycle?
Answer: Budbreak, flowering, berry set, veraison, harvest
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60. What is a synonym for Chenin Blanc in South Africa?
Answer: Steen
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61. What is the most widely planted grape variety in New Zealand?
Answer: Sauvignon Blanc
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Go to the “New Zealand” lesson to find the answer
62. What are the four levels of quality for wine in France, in order from highest to lowest?
Answer: AOC, VDQS, vin de pays, vin de table
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63. Which of the following wine regions is located in Chile?
Answer: Rapel Valley
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64. Name the wine and the corresponding region that is incorrectly paired.
Answer: Gavi; Piedmont
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65. All of the following AVAs are in the South Coast AVA except:
Answer: Lodi
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66. Catarratto, Grillo and Inzolia used to produce what fortified wine?
Answer: Marsala
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67. In order to remove tartrates from a wine before bottling, a winemaker will
Answer: Cold stabilize
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68. Carbonic maceration refers to
Answer: Whole berry fermentation
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69. The Los Carneros AVA is best known for which varietal wine?
Answer: Pinot Noir
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70. Which of the following grape varieties is not grown in Alsace?
Answer: Cabernet Franc
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71. What is Cava?
Answer: The Spanish term for sparkling wine
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72. A fat, buttery white wine with aromas of apple, vanilla, and caramel is most likely
Answer: Chardonnay
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73. How many alcoholic fermentations does a sparkling wine undergo if it is made in the traditional method or classic method?
Answer: Two
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74. What is a solera?
Answer: A set of casks arranged in tiers representing one type of sherry from many different vintages
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75. Which of the following has the least ability to retain water in the soil?
Answer: Sand
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76. A tannic, high acid red with aromas of roses and tar is most likely
Answer: Nebbiolo
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77. What are phenolic compounds?
Answer: Pigments and tannins
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78. When did Prohibition end in the USA?
Answer: 1933
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79. How many grape varieties can be used in the production of port?
Answer: More than 80
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80. What wine is known as “The Barolo of the South”?
Answer: Primitivo
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81. The Sierra Foothills of California is famous for what grape variety?
Answer: Zinfandel
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82. Which of the following is a hybrid grape variety?
Answer: Müller-Thurgau
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83. All of the following places are associated with Port production and the Port trade except:
Answer: Baixo Corgo
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84. In Bordeaux, Cabernet Sauvignon is most prevalent in:
Answer: The Médoc
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85. How many grape varieties are allowed into the red Bordeaux blend?
Answer: Five
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86. How many aromas can humans be trained to identify?
Answer: 10,000
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87. What chemical compound is responsible for a vinegar aroma found in wine?
Answer: Acetic Acid
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88. Which county is not part of the North Coast super-AVA?
Answer: Napa
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89. What is a colheita port?
Answer: A vintage-character ruby
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90. Which of the following is not a significant soil nutrient required by grapevines?
Answer: Potassium
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91. What German wine region is best known for its red wines?
Answer: Franken
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92. Which of the following has the highest alcohol content in the bottle?
Answer: Amontillado
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93. Rémuage is the French term for:
Answer: Removal of dead yeast cells by freezing them in a plug of frozen wine in neck of the bottle and opening the temporary closure
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94. If a U.S. wine bottle carries a vineyard designation, by law what minimum percentage of the wine in the bottle must hail from the named vineyard?
Answer: 85%
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95. What grape forms the backbone of the red blends of the Southern Rhone?
Answer: Grenache
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96. What is the name of the mountain range that separates Chile from Argentina?
Answer: The Andes
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97. The Central Valley of California is responsible for approximately what percentage of California’s total grape acreage?
Answer: 55%
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98. Which of the following acids is most prevalent in wine?
Answer: Tartaric
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99. A high acid red with aromas of dried cherry, sun-baked earth and dried orange peel is most likely
Answer: Sangiovese
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100. Sugar can be legally added to a must pre-fermentation in some wine regions in order to
Answer: Boost the final alcohol level of the finished wine
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