What is bloodletting? The Milan Wine Affair quiz.

Dear wine-loving friends,
today I would like to inform you and invite you to participate in my weekly wine quiz.

The quiz is usually published on Wednesdays on LinkedIn (in Italian on my personal page, in English within the group "<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/142342/en/">Italian Wine List</a>").
From this week, I will add a tag on the #spaghettiemandolino page so that you can participate.

What’s the advantage? Every week there’s a new topic, always related to wine, to have fun and learn while playing.
Shortly before the weekly deadline, I will reveal the correct option on Spaghetti & Mandolino along with the reasoning behind the choice and a quick wine education; below is the solution to last week’s quiz.

Last week’s quiz:

"Do you know the technique known as "salasso" or "saignée"? It is used to produce which type of wine?"

A) Sweet wines
B) Red wines
C) Rosé wines
D) White wines

The correct answer was C (rosé wines), chosen by 70% of participants.

Reason for the choice: The salasso method is used to produce rosé wines (both still and sparkling) - see chart - but the saignée method is also considered a byproduct of red wine production; the salasso (removal of must for rosé wine production) increases the concentration of the remaining red wine: as a result, the remaining red wine has a stronger, darker color and a greater concentration of aromas. In other words, the saignée method creates a win-win situation: exceptional rosé wines and exceptional red wines as a byproduct.