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 1. Why is champagne bubbly?  a) The wine is aged less  b) The wine undergoes a secondary fermentation, usually yeast and sugar is added c) The wine is aged in steel  d) The wine is shaken 2. What is the traditional way to pour wine during a wine service a) The person who ordered the wine is first, then clockwise around the table  b) Counterclockwise  c) Ladies first, then men, finishing with whomever ordered the bottle  d) Ladies first, then men, no matter who ordered the bottle 3. What is a stelvin? a) A wine opener  b) A special glass for port wine  c) A type of wine cap, commonly known as a screw cap  d) An expert on wine, like a sommelier 4. Why do people smell the cork during a wine service? a) To see if the wine has gone bad  b) To see if the wine has been aged properly  c) To get a sense of the wine  d) None of the above 5. In Greek mythology, who is the god of wine? a) D...

Aromatized wines DEFINITION Aromatized wine is a kind of wine made by infusing herbs and other ingredients into a bland wine. Fortified wines flavoured with herbs, roots, flowers, barks, spices, clove, ginger, myrtle, sandalwood and many other natural ingredients in order to change the flavour of wine. Hippocras, the aromatized wine of Hippocrates, was spiced and sweetened with honey, was a favorite drink in England till Romans came. The Romans liked to flavour their drink with materials like pepper, spikewood, cypress, wormwood, poppy, tar, bitumen, aloes, chalk, gums, asafoetida etc. Aromatized wines include the most familiar Vermouths i.e. Dry (French origin) and Sweet (Italian origin), the quinined are Aperitifs wines of various countries. All including vermouths are aperitifs from the Latin APERIO, meaning, "to open". The name Vermouth originated in a French spelling of Vermut, the German for Artemesia Absinthium, or wormwood, a bitter flavouring. Wormwood...