The Study Tool I Never Knew I Needed (But Clearly Do)
Sometimes I feel like all you need for your study is someone to tell you what to do. Coming from Diploma, one of the biggest challenges in MW study is figuring out where to start. Some days, you spend hours and hours just thinking about all the things you don’t know yet and need to cover… and that ends up being all that you do. Thinking, not studying.
So here is a little gadget to take at least one small burden off your shoulders. Because it actually doesn’t matter where you start.
In the end, the MW journey is all about recognising how everything you study connects—just like everything in wine.
P3 Handling of Wine
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All Questions P3 (65)
Sulfur
- What are the implications of reduced levels of free sulphites at bottling and until the wine reaches the end consumer? (2017)
- What are the implications of reducing levels of sulphur dioxide in the post-malolactic conversion handling and bulk storage of still wine? (2013)
- What are the key factors to consider when drawing up a technical specification for a white dessert wine bottled at source with 150g/l of residual sugar, and an entry-level red wine imported in bulk with 4g/l of residual sugar? (2019)
- What is the impact of chemical and physical intervention on the handling of wine following malolactic conversion? (2014)
Maturation
- What are the benefits and drawbacks of using micro-oxygenation as an alternative to barrel ageing? (2014)
Clarification / Filtration
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of earth filtration, pad filtration, membrane filtration, and crossflow filtration for clarifying wine? (2018)
- Why are fining agents required during winemaking, and what factors influence the choice of fining agent? (2014)
- What are the key considerations when deciding whether or not to filter a white wine with 180g/L residual sugar, a ruby port, or a Bourgogne Pinot Noir in preparation for bottling? (2022)
- What are the key considerations in deciding which pre-bottling treatments to use for a vegan wine, an orange wine, an organic wine, and a mass-market, inexpensive wine? (2021) (2022 S1)
Stabilisation
- How can protein and tartrate stability in wine be achieved and managed? (2015)
- What steps should a winemaker take, in preparation for bottling and at bottling, to prevent microbial spoilage in red and white wines? (2019)
- Should post-maturation wine stabilisation practices be used only on low-end wines? (2022)
- How is stability achieved in an entry-level New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc, a domaine-bottled Meursault, and an Alsace Sélection de Grains Nobles Riesling? (2023)
Finishing
- What should a winemaker consider when preparing a finished wine for bottling? (2016)
Packaging
- What are the key technical considerations involved in the choice of final packaging for wine? (2015)
- What are the technical implications of three non-glass packaging options available to a wine producer? (2023)
Closures
- What factors should influence the choice of wine closures? (2018 S1)
- What technical factors influence the choice of a closure for wine bottles? (2018) (2021 S1)
Faults
- What are the most common causes of bacterial spoilage in wine, what effect do they each have, and what measures can be used to guard against them? (2016)
- How can pinking in a white wine, phenolic bitterness in a red wine, and high levels of volatile acidity in a full-bodied red wine be prevented or corrected? (2016)
- What steps would a wine technician take to confirm raised volatile acidity in a bottled red wine and identify the source of the problem? (2024)
Storage
- What are the key issues for storage of wine after packing is complete? (2016)
- What is the importance of preservatives in wine, preventing deposits in bottled wine, inert storage, and pre-bottling filtration? (2017)
- What are the risks of storing wine in wooden barrels and how can they be mitigated? (2024)
Transportation
- What precautions should be taken from a quality assurance perspective when transporting wine in bulk? (2015) (2016 S1)
- What are the risks and benefits of each option for bulk transport of wine? (2018)
- What technical issues should be considered when changing from bottling still wines at source to shipping them in bulk for bottling in the destination market? (2022)
Quality Control & Hygiene
- What are the main quality control considerations when changing from bottling at source to bottling elsewhere? (2013)
- What quality control procedures can be used to trace the origin of a bottle of wine? (2014)
- What QA and QC procedures should a winery use to investigate a customer complaint about a piece of glass found in a bottle? (2021)
- Are quality control checks becoming obsolete in highly automated and computer-controlled bottling lines? (2015)
- What QA and QC procedures are required between completion of winemaking and start of bulk transport, and after receipt of the wine at destination? (2021)
- What are the most important quality control checks during bottling and why are they necessary? (2017)
- What analyses should be carried out pre- and post-bottling to ensure a wine is in good condition and compliant with legal requirements? (2017)
- How does laboratory analysis help the quality control manager make decisions at bottling? (2018)
- What pre-bottling treatments and QC analyses are most important for an inexpensive, organic, vegan wine? (2019)
- What analysis and labelling requirements must be met to comply with EU law when selling wine in the EU? (2022)
- What QA and QC system should a large winery implement to manage dry goods? (2019)
- What quality control measures should be considered when filling bag-in-box compared to glass bottles? (2024)
- What should a QC manager for a supermarket focus on when auditing bottling procedures for own-label red and white wines? (2023)
- What are the implications of reducing post-fermentation sulphur dioxide additions in wine? (2023)
Additives/Preservatives
- What are the options available as preservatives for addition to still wine? (2021)
- What is the difference between processing aids and ingredients in wine, and how do recent changes to EU labelling law affect consumers? (2024)
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