Lesson 5 Quiz

Created on July 28, 2022 By

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Lesson 5 Quiz - Serving the Wine

What would seem the easiest to you?

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When placing a wine glass on the table for a dining guest, you should hold the glass by:

the rim

the bowl

the stem

the base

anywhere it is convenient

Food is served from the left and plates removed from the right. Wine is different.

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For serving food or serving wine, if there is enough room at the table, which of the following is the correct order of service?

food - serve from the right, remove dishes from the left

food - serve from the left, remove dishes from the left

wine - pour from the right, remove glasses from the left

wine - pour from the left, remove glasses from the right

wine - pour from the right, remove glasses from the right

The water glass needs to be the most conveniently reached glass

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What are the general principles to follow when placing wine glasses in a dinner setting?

wine glasses should always be placed to the right of the water glass

the water glass should always be placed at a 12 noon position in relation to a plate

the red wine glass should always be placed just below the water glass

wine glasses should be placed right to left in the order they will be used

all of the above

If you were the guest and there was a mistake in one of these characteristics would you think you were given the wrong bottle and possibly should not be charged for it?

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When presenting and confirming a wine bottle to a guest who has ordered it, which of the following should the server confirm?

the type of wine, e.g., chardonnay, cabernet..

the producer of the wine

the year or vintage of the wine is one is known

the color (red, white, rose) of the wine

all of the above

Can you learn anything from a screwtop or from the cork concerning the condition of the wine?

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What is the correct procedure after opening a wine bottle, with a cork or a screwtop?

give the screwtop to the guest for examination

place the screwtop in your pocket or out of sight

smell the cork

hand the cork to the guest to smell

place the cork in your pocket or out of sight

You don't want cork pieces to get into the wine mostly for aesthetic reasons.

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For a wine cork that starts to crumble when you first attempt opening it, what would be the best choice of type of wine opener to use so that cork pieces do not fall into the wine?

waiter's pull tap corkscrew

double lever corkscrew

Ah-so cork remover

Rabbit corkscrew

push the whole cork into the bottle and then pour

Ultimately you must learn to stabilize the wine bottle when you turn the corkscrew by just using your two hands and not relying on any other aid such as a table or person to keep the bottle from tuning.

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When beginning to place and turn a corkscrew into the wine cork, you want to get a good grip on the neck of the bottle with one hand, and use the other hand to turn the corkscrew. To stabilize the bottle while you turn the screw, you should:

hold the bottle between your knees

have the guest hold the bottle for you

place the bottle sideways on a table

place the bottle upright on a table

hold the bottle by the neck and away from your body a 45 deg angle

You don't want some guests with empty glasses and some guests with a lot of wine left in their glasses and the bottle empty.

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How how much wine should you pour from the bottle into each glass for a table of 4 people for example?

1-2 oz

3-4 oz

5-6 oz

a full glass close to the rim

1/4 of the bottle

The order of the pour shows politeness.

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What is the correct order in which to pour wine from a bottle to your guests?

a full glass to the host to taste then around the table to everyone else drinking wine

after pouring a taste for the host, pour to the women counterclockwise around the table, then the men clockwise and the host last

after pouring a taste for the host, pour to women counterclockwise around to the host then continue counterclockwise around to the men

after pouring for the host, pour to the women clockwise around the table, then the host, and then the men counterclockwise

leave the bottle and let the guests pour their own

Be quick to use new, clean glasses.

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When guests order another bottle of wine or a wine-by-the-glass, what do you do about the wine glasses?

no new wine glasses if the wine is the same but of a different vintage

have guest rinse out the wine glass with water before pouring a new wine

only new glasses if the wine color is different that the originally poured wine

any new wine, use new glasses

emptied wine glasses can be used if the wine is the same color as the first wine poured in that glass

There may be more sediment in older wines.

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Which type of wine is most likely to benefit from decanting?

Young (less than 3 y.o.) red wine

Old (greater than 10 y.o.) red wine

Young (less than 3 y.o.) white wine

Old (greater than 10 y.o.) white wine

Old (greater than 10 y.o.) sparkling wine

A poor cork seal can lead to problems as wine ages.

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Which of the following wine bottle and cork observations can indicate the wine may have faults or off tastes?

level of wine in the bottle is below the shoulder of the bottle

sticky wine drops on the outside of the cork when the wine cover is removed

a removed cork with moist wine staining more than about 1/3 of the way up the cork

all of the above

none of the above

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