Winemaking: Barrel vs Stainless Steel, Harvest Time, Varieties, Styles, Quizzes of Food science

Download Winemaking: Barrel vs Stainless Steel, Harvest Time, Varieties, Styles and more Quizzes Food science in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Fermentation vessels DEFINITION 1 Barrel versus stainless steel fermentation Fruity wines are in stainless steel tanks - wood would mask the flavors Full-bodied wines are enhanced by wood flavors - fermented or aged in barrels Barrels are much more expensive and labor intensive TERM 2 Post fermentation DEFINITION 2 For medium dry - halt fermentation to retain residual sugarsFor sweet table wines - made from high sugar grapes and botrytis infected grapes. the bugs eat the organic acids! TERM 3 Harvesting time DEFINITION 3 Longer on the vine lets the flavors mature. Early harvesting gives light flavors TERM 4 Varieties DEFINITION 4 Determined by terpenesNon-muscat => RieslingMuscat =>Varieties without terpenes => chardonnay TERM 5 Fermentation DEFINITION 5 Barrel versus tanksFruity/aromatic wines are made in tanksFull bodied wines are int he barrel Yeast that produces fruit-like esters for fruity style Natural yeast for full bodied wines