Two principal types of grapes used for making wine -
CORRECT ANSWER >>>>White and Black Grapes
Parts of the Grapes - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>Stem, Skin,
Pulp, Seed
Grape Skin - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>Black grapes: Deeply
colored skin. The skin contains tannin, which can make
your mouth feel dry.
White grapes: golden in color
The Pulp - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>Soft and fleshy. The
color (clear) of the pulp is the same regardless of the
color of the grape skin.
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The pulp contains the grape juice, which is mostly made
up of water, sugar, and acid.
The juice in the pulp of red and white grapes is made up
of water, sugar and - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>acid
Tannins make your mouth feel - CORRECT ANSWER
>>>>dry
Color and tannin are found in the ---- of red grapes. -
CORRECT ANSWER >>>>skin
Acoholic Fermentation - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>Yeast
are microscopic organisms that eat sugar and convert it
into alcohol and carbon dioxide gas.
-In most cases, this process continues until the yeast
have eaten all of the sugar. The alcohol stays in the
newly made wine and in most cases, the carbon dioxide
escapes into the atmosphere.
The level of alcohol within a wine is usually measured as
alcohol by - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>volume (abv); in
other words, 10% abv means that ten percent of the
liquid is alcohol.
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----- is the process when
----- consumes -----, which results in the production of
------ and carbon dioxide. - CORRECT ANSWER
>>>>Fermentation, yeast, sugar, alcohol
Grapes are the fruit produced by vines. Vines are
plants.... - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>that can live for
several decades. Once they reach maturity, a couple of
years after they are planted, they produce a crop of
grapes every year.
Every year, a grapevine flowers in the - CORRECT
ANSWER >>>>spring
The flowers become grapes, which then ripen during -
CORRECT ANSWER >>>>the summer
The grapes are picked - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>late
summer
Flowering - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>This is part of a
cluster of grapevine flowers. It is made up of many
individual flowers, and each flower will become a grape
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Flowers Become Grapes - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>After
flowering, each flower is transformed into a small grape.
All grapes are hard and green at this stage.
Grapes Ripen - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>As grapes ripen, a
number of changes occur:
The grapes swell with water
Sugar levels in the grapes rise
Acid levels in the grapes fall
Flavors become riper
-White grapes change in color from green to golden
-Black grapes change in color from green to purple
Grape vines need the right levels of ------ and ------ to
grow and produce good quality fruit. - CORRECT ANSWER
>>>>sunlight and heat
-correct amount of water is important too
-If it is too cold or too hot the flavor characteristics of the
grape, and ultimately the wine, will be out of balance.
Grape vines grow best in areas where the winter is cold
enough for them - CORRECT ANSWER >>>>to rest
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