Wine region term paper

Wine region term paper

Each student will be responsible for researching and presenting a 4-6 page paper (minimum 1000 words) on a wine region. The paper should include a history of the region, the grapes used, the styles made and its popularity in sales. Each student should sample a wine from that region, and provide a description of the wine, as well as a tasting note. Finally, a suggested food pairing for the wine should be made, and a general menu of foods and wine from the region created.

Paper requirements include:

1) A brief history of wine and culture in their particular region.

2) Background into what grape varieties, wines growing regions and styles are associated with the country.

3) A description of a wine tasted from the region researched. A full tasting note should be included.

4) Each paper has to include a suggested food pairing with the wine that was tasted, and the pairing explained.

5) Each paper will put together a menu, featuring wines and foods from their particular region.

6) Technical requirements:

a. Plagiarism, defined as “the acknowledged use of another person’s work in the form of original ideas, strategies, and research, as well as another person’s writing in the form of sentences, phrases, and innovative terminology,” WILL NOT BE TOLERATED AND WILL RESULT IN A ‘F’ FOR THE COURSE.

b. Cite your sources!

c. All pages are to contain a footer that has your name on the bottom left side and the page number on the bottom right side.

d. Font is to be 12 pt times new roman and margins cannot be wider than 1” on all four sides.

Suggested wine regions

Bordeaux Muscadet Penedes Napa

Burgundy Vouvray Priorat Sonoma

Champagne Tuscany Spain (not above) New York State

Upper Loire Lombardy Portugal Washington

Northern Rhone Southern Italy Australia Oregon

Southern Rhone Veneto New Zealand Canada

Southern France Germany Chile Mexico*

Beaujolais Hungary Argentina China*

Saumur/Touraine Rioja South Africa India*

Wine Bars for research purposes

(suggestions not endorsements)

High Treason 443 Clement Wine Down SF 685 Folsom

Inner Fog 545 Irving Ferry Plaza Wine Mer 1 Ferry Build

Tofino Wines 2696 Geary Gratta Wines 5273 3rd St

Parigo 3232 Scott Yield Wine Bar 2490 3rd St

Scopo Divino 2800 California B Street & Vine San Mateo

California Wine Merc 2113 Chestnut Flight Lounge San Carlos

Nectar Wine Lounge 3330 Steiner Barrelhouse Burlingame

Indian Paradox 258 Divisidero Calave Palo Alto

Swirl 572 Castro The Punchdown Oakland

The Riddler 528 Laguna Perle wine bar Oakland

Birba 458 Grove Flight wine bar Fremont

Hotel Biron 45 Rose Residual Sugar Walnut Creek

Amelie 1574 Polk InoVino Cole Valley(SF)

20 Spot 3565 20th St Ordinaire Oakland

Resolute 678 Geary

Salzburg 663 Union

Terroir 1116 Folsom

Press Club 20 Yerba Buena Ln

Barrel Room 415 Sansome

Hidden Vine 408 Merchant