Charmat method
Technique for producing sparkling wines by second fermentation in tank. Cheaper and easier than bottle fermented,
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Technique for producing sparkling wines by second fermentation in tank. Cheaper and easier than bottle fermented,
Enrichment of grape juice with sugar or concentrated must.
Sample (for a wine tasting, for example).
At room temperature. In fact most red wines benefit from being served slightly cooler
'Overground' cellar,
Grape (vine) variety.
Literally an underground room.
Tasting term used to indicate the spicy smell of cedar wood,
Co-operative winery.
Cellar, winery.
Blackcurrant.
Small barrel, of about 50 litre capacity,
Tasting term used to indicate a rich taste or smell of butter, usually in white wine.
Barrel used for ageing Sherry,
Vine grown as a low bush,
Label term used mainly for Champagne
White.
Scale used to measure the sugar content in grape juice (particularly in the New World).
Tasting term used to indicate the smells
Disagreeable smell or taste sometimes found in wine immediately after it is bottled.
Sparkling wine in which the second, bubble-forming fermentation took place in bottle (rather than in tank).
Period that a wine has spent ageing in bottle,
Large barrel.
Fungus which attacks grapes.
Copper-based spray used to treat vines
Tasting term used to indicate the weight
Wine-making cellar, winery.
Squat, flagon-shaped bottle used for wines
US term for pink wine.
Rose wine.