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A technique that permits grafting of different grape varieties onto existing rootstocks in a vineyard.
Generally any wine that is not sparkling or fortified. In the US these wines must also be between 7% and 14% alcohol by volume. The term table wine also refers to a wine that is considered a good everyday drinker. In the European Union the "Table Wine" ca ...
A German term meaning approximately "A late harvest of selected dry berries". A type of German wine made from grapes affected by noble rot. Such grapes can be so rare that it can take a skilled picker a day to gather enough for just one bottle.[11] A Präd ...
Phenolic compound that give wine a bitter dry or puckery feeling in the mouth while also acting as a preservative/anti-oxidant and giving wine its structure. It is derived from the seeds (pips) skins and stalks of grapes.
Refers to a selection of wines usually between three and eight glasses but sometimes as many as fifty presented for the purpose of sampling and comparison.
The primary acid found in wine that is detectable only on the palate. Prior to veraison the ratio of tartaric and malic acid in grapes are equal but as malic acid is metabolized and used up by the grapevine the ratio of tartaric sharply increases.
An Italian sparkling wine made according to the traditional method of Champagne--similar to the Spanish term Cava.
A class of grape varieties that have red colored juice inside of the more common clear or grayish color grape juice. Example Alicante Bouschet.
The charring of the wine staves during cask manufacture or rejuvenation.
How well a wine reflects the characteristics of its grape variety and terroir
Commissioned by French Ministry of Agriculture to better position the wine industry for the future.
The ability of a wine to clearly portray all unique aspects of its flavor — fruit floral and mineral notes.[10]
A French term referring to the selective picking of grapes instead of machine harvesting.
A class of unsaturated hydrocarbons that are responsible for certain aromas that are characteristic of a grape variety such as the petrol notes of mature Riesling or the floral aromas of Muscats.
French cask capable of holding 900 litres (240 US gal) or the equivalent of 100 cases of twelve standard 750ml (75 cL) bottles of wine. Historically associated with the wine of Bordeaux.
