Summary SDEN 1
wine certificate
Made by Iris den Boer
, Chapter 1: This is wine
Wine: grape juice whose grape sugar has been converted into alcohol.
You can divide wine into 3 colours, 2 styles and 3 types:
Wine can’t be made from anything but grapes, except for a few additives. The
wine grape belongs to the family Vitis Vinifera and over 5000 different varieties of
it are known.
The most important grapes:
6 white grape varieties
- Chardonnay
- Chenin blanc
- Sauvignon blanc
- Riesling
- Pinot Gris/ Grigio
- Pinot blanc
6 blue grape varieties
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Merlot
- Syrah/shiraz
- Pinot noir
- Sangiovese
- Tempranillo
How wine is made
The grape:
- Stem —> harsh tannin
- Skin—> color, flavour compounds, softer tannin, yeast
- Pips—> tannin oil
- Most or grape juice—> gray-green juice that contains sugar and fruit acids
wine certificate
Made by Iris den Boer
, Chapter 1: This is wine
Wine: grape juice whose grape sugar has been converted into alcohol.
You can divide wine into 3 colours, 2 styles and 3 types:
Wine can’t be made from anything but grapes, except for a few additives. The
wine grape belongs to the family Vitis Vinifera and over 5000 different varieties of
it are known.
The most important grapes:
6 white grape varieties
- Chardonnay
- Chenin blanc
- Sauvignon blanc
- Riesling
- Pinot Gris/ Grigio
- Pinot blanc
6 blue grape varieties
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Merlot
- Syrah/shiraz
- Pinot noir
- Sangiovese
- Tempranillo
How wine is made
The grape:
- Stem —> harsh tannin
- Skin—> color, flavour compounds, softer tannin, yeast
- Pips—> tannin oil
- Most or grape juice—> gray-green juice that contains sugar and fruit acids
