WEEK SIX                                              

NOTE: No school on Monday due to Columbus Day - class will be made up on TUESDAY!!!

TUESDAY 

FOCUS:  We will take a quick flight from Germany and Austria to warm things up by arriving on the Iberian peninsula. Here we find Spain and Portugal producing a wide variety of wine styles to tempt our pallet. 

The mid-term exam will be on this Wednesday focused on the information from weeks 1 - 5.

Please complete for monday's class: 

READING: Spain and Portugal pp. 135 - 152

PRESENTATION:  

ASSIGNMENT:    

PRINTING:    

  

NOTE:   

TASTING: 

Monday Study Guide Questions

WEDNESDAY 

FOCUS:  Today we will complete the mid-term exam for the course. This assessment is worth 15% of the course grade. It will consist of 60 multiple-choice questions, 5 sub-region identifications using the map of France, 5 short answer questions about the French label and a tasting of 2 wines. Students often get nervous about the tasting, but please remember the key to the tasting is taking the quality notes just like you practiced in class since week 2. As with any test it is important to study. I’ll provide a sketch to assist you. I might suggest using quizlet or creating study groups to enhance your learning. 

Please complete for Wednesdays class: 

READING: no reading, just study

STUDY POINTS:

The following items represent the topics of the questions on the mid-term. I suggest you create an outline of information supporting them from your notes, reading, lecture and tastings. Some students find greatest success by studying the more recent material first working to the least recent just before the exam. This sometimes helps to retain the oldest information just before you need it on the test.

Alsace: wine styles	Sensory evaluation: Smell
Austria: Varietals	Taste
Bordeaux Varietal make up	Understanding the senses
Bordeaux white wine	Vine species
Bordeaux, Sauterne	Viticulture: Canopy
Bordeaux: village wine styles	Viticulture: climate
Burgundy Classifications	Viticulture: Climate
Burgundy White wine	Viticulture: Sustainable farming
Burgundy, Beaujolais	Viticulture: VIne diseases
Burgundy, Red wine	Viticulture:Aspect
Champagne production	Viticulture:Sugar levels
Champagne Production	White Wine Production
champagne production	White Wine Production
Champagne styles	Wine Chemistry
Food and wine pairing	Wine Chemistry
food recommendation for wine from specific bordeaux	Wine Chemistry
French wine label	Wine Chemistry: phenolics
French wine regions	Wine Faults
German Classifications	Wine Production
German regions	Wine recommendation - match to a oregon Pinot Noir
Germany: grape varietals	Wine Recommendation:Scallops
grape = which wine region	Wine Tasting: order
Grape varieties	Wine Tasting: Temperature
Grape varieties
How the senses work: aroma
Loire, Nantais
Loire: varietal = wine
Loire: white wines
Red wine Production
Rhone southern
Rhone: Wines of rhone
Sensory Evaluation: Body