| Peter Catalano’s Verde Vineyards in Oakville‚ California produces three varieties of wine: Merlot‚ Viognier‚ and Pinot Noir. His winemaster‚ Kyle Ward‚ has identified the following activities as cost pools for accumulating overhead and assigning it to products. For each of Verde’s fifteen activity cost pools‚ identify a probable cost driver that might be used to assign overhead costs to its three wine varieties. 1. | Culling and replanting. Dead or overcrowded vines are culled‚ and new vines
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German wine industry vocabulary 1. Briefly discuss the AP number. (5) All Qualitätsweine bestimmter Anbaugebiete (QbA) and Qualitätsweine mit Prädikat (QmP)‚ including Sekt have to carry an AP number. AP stands for Amtliche Prüfnumber and means quality control number. It proves that a wine has undergone and passed various tasting and analytical tests and its origin has been established to the board’s satisfaction. When a producer pertains for an AP number‚ samples of the wine are kept by the
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Fortified wines 9 April 2012 BAC-2126 Beverage Knowledge-II: Wines - Sujata Patil 1 Fortified wines • Definition – A fortified wine is a wine that is "fortified" with additional alcohol that’s been added to the base wine during fermentation‚ bringing the average alcohol content up around 17-20%. – Fortified wines can be either dry or sweet (with the middle-ground of medium-sweet or mediumdry covered in virtually all types of fortified wine categories). 9 April 2012 BAC-2126
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Uncorking China’s Wine Market: Knowledge@Wharton (http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=2898) Uncorking China’s Wine Market Published : January 03‚ 2012 in Knowledge@Wharton Although China’s bustling metropolises and staid Bordeaux may seem worlds apart‚ the two are becoming increasingly intertwined. Indeed‚ China recently overtook the traditional strongholds of Germany and the United Kingdom to become Bordeaux’s largest export destination. This transformation is particularly
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Wine tasting 1. Sight A glass of wine is more than simply the sum of its tastes‚ wine can give pleasure to all of our senses except one… The first thing to do is examine the colour of the wine. Pour into a clear glass and examine the shade or hue of the wine in the light‚ against a white background if possible. Is the wine opaque or transparent? The wine should be transparent‚ if a wine has some kind of opacity or turbidity this could indicate that it is pricked. The hue of the wine
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PESTLE analysis on wine industry Constellation Brands‚ E&J Gallo Winery‚ and Wine Group are amongst the three top producers of Wine in the United States. The success of the three organization have been acquired from the recent acquisitions‚ as well as‚ their capability of changing with the consumers needs the three major issues which the wine industry is currently being faced with entail upholds the standards of advertising‚ the corporate buyouts threat as well as‚ the increasing wine market. Industry
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The Barrel Room Introduction of Concept Wine is fast becoming an essential accessory for the ‘noveou-riche’ and upwardly mobile urban population of modern India. The astounding 25% growth rate of the wine sales and over 10 million liters of wine production In India bears testimony to the fact that wine consumption as an industry is emerging as a lucrative business opportunity. Currently‚ only places that cater to the wine appetite of the populace are select restaurants‚ pubs and nightclubs. A
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Wine is of great importance in our society today‚ and has been so for thousands of years. Grapes have been cultivated for wine production in the Near East since 4000BC‚ and in Egypt since 2500BC. They were spread from the Black Sea to Spain by the Greek Empire‚into Germany by the Romans and to the New World by Columbus. Wine has had religious significance as both an offering and a sacrament since Biblical times‚ and this has helped its development. Today an enormous variety of wines are available
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Plastic water bottles are everywhere‚ from classrooms to malls. As a matter of fact‚ in the US alone‚ 1500 water bottles are consumed every second. Bottled water produces 1.5 million tons of plastic waste per year. This type of garbage is flooding landfills‚ causing death amongst many birds and fish. Not only does bottled water harm wildlife‚ but as you will find out it may be also harming humans. Bottled water is also part of other problems such as how costly it can be over time. Bottled water isn’t
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red wine. Malbec has plenty of characteristics. It is dark‚ blue-black‚ and purple in color. It has the ripe fruit flavors of plums‚ black cherry and blackberry. Some other characters include Smokey‚ earthy‚ leathery‚ wild game‚ tobacco and white/black pepper along with a high profile spices that make for an interesting melody of aromas and flavors. It contains a lot of acid and is higher in tannin and alcohol levels. The layers of complexity and uniqueness makes it a one of the best red wines. Today
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