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A botanical family. The grapes used for winemaking belong to Vitis genera.
A term used by the World Trade Organization to designate a wine region that can produce wines with defined characteristics (such as an Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) in France).
French term for a "Great growth" or vineyard. In Burgundy the term is regulated to a define list of Grand cru vineyards.
A mechanized riddling palate that can complete the remuage process that would manually take several weeks over the course a few days
A fining agent used to remove excessive amounts of tannins and other negatively charged phenolic compounds from the wine.
Portuguese term for a potentially superior quality wine that has seen extended aging in the barrel and bottle
A German designation for a cluster of vineyards within a Bereich as opposed to an Einzellage which is a single vineyard.
The harvesting of green (unripe) grapes in an attempt to increase the yield of quality grapes.
Spanish aging designation that for red wine stipulates that it has been aged for a total of 5 years after harvest with at least 18 months in oak (in Rioja and Ribera del Duero the minimum is 24 months). For Spanish white wines the requirement is 4 years o ...
A dry wine made from a vineyard that has been designated as an Erste Lage ("Great Growth") by the wine grower association VDP
The undesirable presence of Botrytis cinera particularly in unripe or red wine grapes that can cause poor coloration and various wine fault and off flavors in the resulting wine
French term meaning "taste of earth" that denotes the characteristic flavors that certain vineyard soils impart on a wine.
Refers to the increasingly international nature of the wine industry including vineyard management practices winemaking techniques wine styles and wine marketing.
Winemaking technique historically associated with Chianti where a small amount of partially dried grapes are added to vat of wine that completed or stopped fermentation in order to restart fermentation potentially adding more alcohol and glycerine to the ...
French term most often associated with Bordeaux where it denotes a Chateau's premier wine or "first wine". On a wine label the word's Grand vin may appear to help distinguish the wine from an estate's second or third wine.
French term for a famous brand of wine most commonly associated with the large Champagne houses.
A phrase that may appear on French wine labels from Alsace Condrieu Coteaux du Layon and Macon to indicate a wine made from botrytis-infected grapes
A chemical compound found in wine grapes that is responsible for some earthy aromas and flavors. Geosmin is also found in beets and potatoes.
