1.

Choose one unique component of Western European cuisine and give one (1) food item from this
component

Wine –Champagne

2. Research information about that food item (i.e., where it is from, what it is made of, its uses, how
it shaped local cuisine, etc.).

Wine the fermented juice of the grape. Of the grape genus Vitis, one species, V. vinifera (often
erroneously called the European grape is used almost exclusively. Beverages produced from V.
labrusca, the native American grape, and from other grape species are also considered wines.
When other fruits are fermented to produce a kind of wine, the name of the fruit is included, as in
the terms peach wine and blackberry wine. Wine has three main uses in the kitchen as a marinade
ingredient, as a cooking liquid, and as a flavoring in a finished dish. The function of wine in
cooking is to intensify, enhance, and accent the flavor and aroma of food not to mask the flavor
of what you are cooking but rather to fortify it. The town of Valtice is referred to as the capital of
wine in the Czech Republic, demonstrated by a wide range of wine shops and public cellars, but
also the location of the Wine Salon at the Valtice Chateau. Wine Salon of the Czech Republic
presents a selection of top 100 wines from across the country and offers several tasting
programmes almost every day. A popular food for locals and visitors is sirloin "svíčková" (beef,
pork or venison) with creamy vegetable sauce and dumplings. Other traditional dishes are roast
pork with cabbage and dumplings, roasted pork ribs or knee, as well as roast duck with red
cabbage and potato dumplings.

3. Give one (1) key feature of Western Europe and explain its effects on food availability in the
region. Discuss this in no more than five (5) sentences.

Western Europe is good for their agriculture and climate. So that they can ferment easily because
of the weather. and that’s why the agriculture is good it’s because of the weather when the
weather is nice the plants our growing nicely and beautiful that’s why their rich in cheese and
especially in wine