Wine Making Quiz

California account for 80-90 percent of all U.S. wine.How Wine Making Works

Viticulture is the process affected by the complex interaction between an area's soil, topography and climate.How Wine Making Works

In the winemaking process, must is the name for the crushed grapes and juice.How Wine Making Works

The red grape skins give red wines their dark color.How Wine Making Works

Glycol is used to keep fermentation tanks at 40 degrees Fahrenheit.How Wine Making Works

Glycolysis is the name of the 10-step process whereby the glucose is broken down by yeast.How Wine Making Works

The fermentation process takes 2-4 weeks.How Wine Making Works

White wine is allowed to settle before the yeast is filtered out of it.How Wine Making Works

Riddling is the name of the process whereby the bottle is placed upside-down and rotated one-eighth of a turn every day, allowing the dead yeast cells to settle into the neck of the bottle.How Wine Making Works

Champagne has a mixture of white-wine brandy and sugar added to top off the bottle.How Wine Making Works