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HB 409
Intro to Wine
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Undergraduate 3
04/29/2011

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Term
Wine
Definition
A beverage produced by the fermentation of grapes.
Term
Enology
Definition
The scientific study of wines and wine-making.
Term
Sensory Evaluation
Definition
The use of the senses of sight, smell, taste, and touch to learn about wine.
Term
Organoleptic Characteristics
Definition
Those chemical and physical characteristics of food and wine that affect our senses.
Term
Viticulture
Definition
The science of grape growing.
Term
The species of grapes from which most wines are made...
Definition
Vitis Vinifera
Term

T/F

 

In the earliest, ancient mediterranean civilizations wine was the first drink of the common citizen?

Definition

False-

 

At the time, wine was the drink of the priesthood and of the wealthy

Term

T/F

 

Scholars who have studied the origins of alcohol abuse agree that the AMerican pattern of prohibiting exposeure to alcohol until 21 is one of the most effective ways to prevent abuse.

Definition

FALSE

 

These scholars believe that the Italian pattern of introducing children to diluted wine at an early age in a family setting coupled with an overall social disapproval of drunkenness is one of the most effective ways to prevent abuse.

Term

T/F

 

Demographic studies have shown that wine drinkers are better educated and earn more than non-wine drinkers.

Definition
TRUE
Term
At what blood alcohol concentration do most people preeive the max. relaxation?
Definition
.05%
Term
Wine provides about how many calories per 4 oz. serving?
Definition
100 calories
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T/F

 

Although wine has a 4000 year history or therapeutic use, it is not considered useful in today's hosiptal setting in the US.

Definition

FALSE.

 

A survey of US urban hospitals found that wine was used as an appetite stimulant, for its general therapeutic value and as an aid to slepp in place of tranquilizers.

Term

T/F

 

The people who should be most concerned about sulfites in wines are sulfiute-sensitive, steriod-dependent asthmatics.

Definition
TRUE
Term
Medical researhcers deinee moderate alcohol consumption as about how many 4 oz glasses of wine daily?
Definition
1- 2 glasses
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T/F

 

The research reviewd by Dr. Keith Marton showed that cardiovascular mortality increased with heavy alcohol use and that moderate drinkers have a reduced risk of cariovascular mortality compared to non-drinkers.

Definition
TRUE
Term
Boffetta's and Garfinkel's study showed that at 3 or more drinks per day there is an increased risk of death for drinkers compared to non-drinkers particulary for liver cirrhosis.
Definition
TRUE
Term

T/F

 

Although, Dr. Martons review of the research literature showed a 50% increase in breast cancer for moderate drinkers comapred to non-drinkers, there are a # of reasons why our understanding of the relationship between moderate drinking and breast cancer is less certain than it is for cardiovascular disease

Definition
TRUE
Term

T/F

 

About 90% of women who are active alcoholics during pregancy will deliver a child who clearly suffers from FAS.

Definition

False-

 

About 10% of women...

Term
Sensation
Definition
refers to an organism's immmdeiate neurological response to a stimulus in the environment.
Term

T/F

 

Sensory stimuli in wine are restricted to being either chemical or physical "activators"...

Definition
False- stimuli can also be thermal
Term
Recognition Threshold
Definition
the smallest concentration of a wine component required for a taster to name it "By jove, that's sweet!"
Term
Refer to the label De Loach Vineyards Estate Bottled russian river valley gewurztraminer 1987 early harvest. given that "residual sugar 1.2% by wt" is about 1.2 grams per 100 ml, this wine would taste sweet to?
Definition
about 50% of people
Term

T/F

 

Wine tasting focuses on a relatively narrow range of existing colors?

Definition

FALSE

 

In winetasting we take advantage of a large part of our capacity to distinguish a wide range of colors from yellow-greens to brick reds and purples.

Term
Hedonic Quality
Definition
Wine sensory components such as color which evoke pleasure in and of themselves.
Term
Which sensory quality would NOT be expected from the clue "A white wine is very pale and nearly colorless?
Definition
intense fruit aromas
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T/F

 

Overall quality in red wines is correlated with total color and pigment content.

Definition
TRUE
Term

T/F

 

Our appreciation of wines is mainly due to their odor.

Definition
True
Term
Flavors are...
Definition
actually odors---or "in-mouth smells" --- that reach our olfactory epithelium when we hold the wine inour mouths.
Term

T/F

 

The max. sensitivity of our sense of smell has been estimated at one part per 10,000?

Definition

False.

 

it's 1 part per million sometimes trillion

Term

T/F

 

It has been estimated that the average person can learn as many as 200 odors.

Definition

False.

 

The estimates suggest we can learn about 1000 odors, Wine has about 200 odors.

Term

T/F

 

The sensory organ for the sense of smell is located at the top and rear of the nasal cavity and about 5-10 % of the air reaches it in normal breathing.

Definition
True
Term
Retro-nasal route
Definition
The passageway from the rear of teh mouth and rear nasal passages to the olfactory epithelium.
Term

T/F

 

We can only smell volatile molecules that can evaporate from the surface of a wine at the range of temperatures at which it is customarily served.

Definition
True
Term
What winetasting activity IS done to enhance a taster's ability to experience the wine's odor?
Definition
Sniff deeply, swirl the wine in the glass, warm the wine in the mouth, draw air through the wine and sometimes sneeze.
Term

T/F

 

Winetasters may find that a wine's odors are stronger and more pleasant when they are experienced in the mouth as flavors rather than as odors entering the olfactory area in inhaled air.

Definition
True
Term
Which taste quality is very rare in wines?
Definition
Salty
Term
When is the mechanism of taste dependent of saliva?
Definition
To be tasted a solid substance must be dissolved in the saliva. Without saliva to dissolve the substances that produce taste stimuli, we could only experience touch sensations with our mouths.
Term
Where are the papillae located that have very few taste buds in them?
Definition
On the tongue's top surface
Term

T/F

 

We should question the accuracy of the taste bud map of the tongue because we don't taste sweet or sour or bitter or salty in just one place.

Definition
True
Term
At a gross level we are most sensitive to which taste quality?
Definition
Bitterness
Term
Which item on the list below is not perceived in wine with your sense of touch?
Definition
Acidity
Term
When the stimulus alcohol is present in high amounts in a wine, you can expect to experience both a taste and a tactile sensation. These sensations are...
Definition
Sweet, hot
Term

T/F

 

Adaption is a change in sensitivity that occurs in response to different levels of stimulation. Winetasters learn to work with olfactory adaption by resting 15-45 seconds between sniffs when evaluating wines.

Definition
True
Term

T/F

 

An example of taste adaption is the fact that we are unaware of the taste of our own saliva.

Definition
True
Term
Refer to the label William Hill 1989 willamette valley oregon dry white riesling. Which statement below is an accurate predication of how you would expect this wine to taste and smell to most people?
Definition
Without perceptible sweetness and with an aroma which has an element that is like roses.
Term

T/F

 

PTC tasting is a well-documented example of how dramatically people can vary in thier ability to taste something bitter and it accurately predicts a person's sensitivity to bitterness in wines.

Definition

False

 

PTC tasting does not predict a person's sensitivity to bitterness in wines.

Term

T/F

 

Anosmia can refer to the loss of a person'ss ability to smell all odors and the term "specifc anosmia" is used when someone cannot detect a particular scent but otherwise has a normal sense of smell.

Definition
True
Term
The "orange juice effect" is an example is...
Definition
a taste modifier
Term
You just served two glasses of De Loach Vineyards Estate Bottled russian river valley gewurztraminer 1987 early harvest to a friend. One glass is colder and the other is warmer. When she tastes them, the warmer wine will seem.
Definition
sweeter
Term

T/F

 

The NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Smell Survey found that olfactory sensitivity is reduced during pregancy and that odor perception declines during aging.

Definition
True
Term

T/F

 

Women are more able to learn to identify odors than men.

Definition
True
Term

T/F

 

Blind tastings - in which the wines are identified only by a letter or numerical code - are designed to eleiminate stimulus errors which occur when irrelevant criteria are used to judge wines.

Definition
True
Term

T/F

 

Our ability to recall wine odors can be reduced by giving the odor a verbal structure, such as our associations with the odor and dictionary-style definitions.

Definition

False.

 

Giving an odor a verbal structure, such as our association with the odor and dictionary - style definition, enchances our ability to recall its name.

Term

T/F

 

The wine aroma wheel was designed to enhance the accuracy of communication about wine odors among members of the wine industry.

Definition
True
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