Test your grape-based brandy knowledge!
After completing Unit 2, it's time to see how well you know the differences between Peruvian pisco, Chilean brandy, grappa and singani!
Which 2 grape-based brandies could look like the picture below?
Chilean brandy and grappa can be aged in oak barrels and can therefore be caramel colored. Singani and Peruvian pisco must be clear spirits.
Peruvian pisco & Chilean brandy
Singani & grappa
Chilean brandy & singani
Chilean brandy & grappa
Which grape-based spirit is associated with high-altitude?
Singani must be produced at 1,600m (5,250 feet) or higher from grapes grown at those elevations.
Peruvian pisco
Grappa
Chilean brandy
Singani
What brandy is made exclusively from the one grape variety below (Muscat)?
Singani is made exclusively from the Moscatel (Muscat) grape.
Peruvian pisco
Singani
Chilean brandy
Grappa
What is in the picture below?
That is an infused brandy. Between the 4 brandies that we studied in this unit, grappa is the only one that can infused before bottling.
A capitán cocktail
Infused brandy
Cognac
Which spirit is associated with the flag below?
That is the flag of Italy, so grappa should come to mind when you see it waving!
Chilean brandy
Peruvian pisco
Singani
Grappa
There is no water added during production nor post-production to this brandy:
Peruvian pisco is distilled only one time and nothing is allowed in it, not even water. The other brandies listed are usually double distilled and watered down to proof.
Peruvian pisco
Grappa
Singani
Chilean brandy
Pomace is NEVER allowed in the distillation of this brandy:
No pomace is allowed in the production of Peruvian pisco.
The production of two types of singani allow for pomace: Singani de Primera and Singani de Segunda. Grappa is a pomace brandy.
The production of two types of singani allow for pomace: Singani de Primera and Singani de Segunda. Grappa is a pomace brandy.
Singani
Peruvian pisco
Grappa
What grape-based brandy is associated with the country below?
Yup. Chile is the skinny country with the long Pacific coastline south of Peru.
Singani (Bolivia)
Grappa (Italy, the Italian part of Switzerland or San Marino)
Pisco (Peru)
Chilean brandy
Vineyards surrounded by dunes like the picture below would most likely be located in:
Sand dunes like the ones in the photo are common along Peru's coastline. You can ride dune buggies or sand surf on them!
Chile
Italy
Peru
Bolivia
What is displayed in the photo below?
The Humboldt is a cold, low-salinity ocean current that cools the climates of Chile, Peru and Ecuador. Because of this current, grape-growing conditions are more favorable in Peru and Chile.
The Humboldt Current
The Gulf Stream
La Niña
The route Francisco Pizarro took to get to Peru
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Congratulations, you are a grape-based brandy champion!!! You earned 2 pisco sours!
