WINE PAIRING QUIZ | #1 WHAT IS THE BEST PALATE CLEANSER? SPARKLING WINE CHARDONNAY PINOT NOIR CABERNET SAUVIGNON IF YOU WERE TO MATCH A WINE WITH A SWEET DESSERT, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WINES WOULD YOU RECOMMEND? A- CHARDONNAY 2006 SAUVIGNON BLANC 2007 C. TROCKENBEERENAUSLESE 2003 MERLOT 2006 F3 ONE OF THE MAIN RULES FOR FOOD AND WINE MATCHING IS TO: A. PAIR SALTY FOODS WITH SWEET OR HIGH-ACID WINES PAIR CHEWY MEAT WITH HIGH-ACID WINES C. PAIR FATTY AND OILY FOODS WITH SWEET WINES PAIR SWEET DESSERTS WITH TANNIC WINES 4 ACIDITY IN FOOD: A. MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE A GOOD MATCH WITH WINE FOOD HAS NO ACIDITY AT ALL C. INCREASES THE PERCEPTION OF BODY, SWEETNESS, AND FRUIT INCREASES THE PERCEPTION OF SALTINESS OF THE WINE IF I ORDER A "NEW ENGLAND CLAM". A RIESLING FROM WASHINGTON STATE WILL GO WELL WITH IT BECAUSE IT'S AMERICAN WINE. A. TRUE B. FALSE THE WINE SEEMS LESS BITTER, WITH LOWER ACIDITY AND MORE BODY: A. THIS CAN ONLY HAPPEN TO A WHITE WINE THIS IS THE RESULT OF A LOT OF SHAKING OF THE BOTTLE THIS CAN ONLY HAPPEN TO A RED WINE THIS HAPPENS WHEN PAIRING WINE WITH SALTY FOOD #7 IF YOU WERE TRYING TO CHOOSE A WINE TO PAIR WITH EVERYTHING, BUT YOU DID NOT KNOW THE MENU EXACTLY, YOU WOULD CHOOSE: PINOT NOIR SAUVIGNON BLANC C. GEWURZTRAMINER D ROSE YOU MADE A DATE ON TINDER FOR SUSHI WITH THIS GORGEOUS PERSON. THIS GORGEOUS DATE LOVES ZINFANDEL, BUT YOU KNOW THAT ZINFANDEL DOES NOT GO WITH SUSHI. YOU WANT TO IMPRESS THE PERSON BUT ALSO WANT THEM TO ENJOY THEIR TIME. DO YOU: A. ORDER A BOTTLE OF SAKE BECAUSE YOU ARE IN A JAPANESE RESTAURANT B. ORDER A SPARKLING WINE C. ORDER THE ZINFANDEL ANYWAY BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THE PERSON WANTS 19 SPICY SEAFOODS ARE BEST MATCHED WITH WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING VARIETALS? A. MALBEC GEWURZTRAMINER CHARDONNAY D. CABERNET SAUVIGNON #10 IF YOU WERE TRYING TO CHOOSE A WINE TO PAIR WITH EVERYTHING, BUT YOU DID NOT KNOW THE MENU EXACTLY, YOU WOULD CHOOSE: E. PINOT NOIR SAUVIGNON BLANC GEWURZTRAMINER ROSE