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Hazel's Wine Challenge:

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A red wine grape variety predominantly associated with the wines of Barolo and Barbaresco.
A variety of red used to describe the appearance of a wine.
It was historically associated with a squat bottle enclosed in a straw basket.
An alcoholic beverage created by fermenting honey with water.
Angels' _____ is a term for the portion of a wine or distilled spirit's volume that is lost to evaporation during aging in oak barrels.
A truncated cylindrical or conical closure to seal a container, such as a bottle, tube or barrel.
The grape species that includes the vast majority of wine grapes.
Widely grown to make full-bodied red wines in its native Spain.
Historic wine region in Spain.
A salt or ester of the organic compound tartaric acid. Sometimes found in crystallized form on corks or in wine bottles.
Descibes a wine to which a distilled spirit, usually brandy, is added.
Cabernet ____ is one of the two parents of Cabernet Sauvignon.
Blackcurrant and a Southern French commune.
A bottle of wine with a volume equivalent to 20 standard bottles (15 litres) is called a ________
A trained and knowledgeable wine professional, normally working in fine restaurants.
The indented bottom of a wine bottle.
The region has Portugal's highest wine classification as a Denominação de Origem Controlada (DOC).
Wine of ______.
A _______ wine is one made from grapes that were all, or primarily, grown and harvested in a single specified year.
Premium wine region in California.
An organic compound with an intensely buttery flavor.
An industry term for unoaked Chardonnay.
An astringent, molecular component derived from the skins of grapes or oak barrels that binds to and precipitates proteins and various other organic compounds.
A synonym for winemaker.
An alternative instrument for opening a Champagne bottle.
A type of yeast that helps protect wine, particularly Sherry, from excessive oxidation.
One of the northernmost red wine producing regions in Germany, known for its Pinot Noir.
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Wine is a biological ____.
A ritual pouring of a liquid as an offering to a god or spirit, or in memory of those who have "passed on".
French word for 'dry.'
Synonym for Malbec
Another word for grape.
Someone in the trade of making utensils, casks, drums and barrels and other accessories, usually out of wood.
A 1.5 liter wine bottle is known as a ______
Many of the flavors associated with premium Champagne are influenced by the _________ of the lees (yeast) during winemaking.
A German grape variety also known as Pinot Noir.
_____ Rothschild
Credited with developing techniques that have revolutionized winemaking in Italy. "The undisputed king of Barbaresco."
The German wine classification system
Italian red grape variety that is close relative of Zinfandel.
North Western French location known for Cabernet Franc.
French word for 'harvest.'
Corsican Vin de _____.
The sugar content of an aqueous solution measured in degrees.
The arms of the grapevine.
The act of introducing wine to oxygen in preparation for serving.
Can occur when drier conditions follow wetter, and can result in distinctive sweet dessert wines, such as Sauternes
Spain's Ribera del _____.
A red wine grape, historically grown in South West France in the Madiran AOC, and is now one of the most prominent grapes in Uruguay.
A white variety of grape that has long been grown in the Rueda region of Spain
The bottling name of Australia's most premium red wine.
_____ vinifera.
The phellem layer of bark tissue that is harvested for commercial use.
Acronym for American Viticultural Area.
Pinot ____.