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1.1 Wine tasting & laboratory analysis. |
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1.2 What makes a good wine taster?. |
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1.3 Where and when to taste –suitable conditions. |
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1.4 Appropriate equipment. |
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1.6 Temperature of wines for tasting. |
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1.7 Tasting for specific purposes. |
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1.8 Structured tasting technique. |
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1.9 The importance of keeping notes. |
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3.4 Aroma characteistics. |
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4.1 Sweetness/bitterness/acidity/saltiness/umami. |
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4.8 Flavour characteristics. |
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5.3 Readiness for drinking/potential for ageing. |
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5.5 Identification/true to type?. |
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5.6 Grading wine – the award of points. |
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5.7.3 Tasting for quality. |
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5.7.5 Examination tastings. |
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6.1 Chloroanisoles and bromoanisoles. |
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6.2 Fermentation in the bottle & bacterial spoilage. |
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6.5 Excessive volatile acidity. |
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6.6 Excessive sulphur dioxide. |
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6.13 Excessive acetaldehyde. |
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6.14 Candida acetaldehyde. |
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7 Quality – Assurances and guarantees?. |
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7.1 Compliance with ‘Quality Wine’ legislation as an assurance of quality?. |
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7.11 The European Union and Third Countries. |
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7.12 Table Wine and QWPSR. |
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7.13 The concept of Appellation Contrôlée. |
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7.2 Tasting competitions as an assessment of quality?. |
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7.3 Classifications as an official assessment of quality?. |
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7.4 ISO 9001 Certification as an assurance of quality?. |
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7.5 Established brands as a guarantee of quality?. |
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7.6 Price as an indication of quality?. |
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8 Quality – The Natural Factors and a Sense of Place. |
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8.1 Typcity and regionality. |
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8.2 The impact of climate upon quality wine production. |
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9 Constraints upon Quality Wine Production. |
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9.2 Skills and diligence. |
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10 Production of Quality Wines. |
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10.2 Density of Planting. |
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10.5 Stressing the vines. |
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10.7.1 Mechanical harvesting. |
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10.8 Delivery and processing of fruit. |
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10.9 Selection and sorting. |
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10.10 Use of pumps/gravity. |
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10.11 Control of fermentations. |
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10.14 Selection from vats or barrels. |
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11.1 Supermarket dominance. |
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11.3 Selecting for market and customer base. |
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11.4 Styles and individuality. |
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11.6 The place of individual wines in the range. |
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