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Salmanazar.Bottle of 9 litres capacity equivalent to 12 normal (75cl) bottles,
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Schaumwein (Ger.)
Sparkling wine
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Sec (Fr.)
Dry. Still wines labelled sec should taste completely dry,
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Secco (It.)
Dry (or off-dry
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Seco (Sp., Por.)
Dry.
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Semi-secco (It.)
Medium dry
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Semi-seco (Sp.)
Medium dry
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Sharp
Tasting term used to indicate an acidic or bitter taste.
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Short
Tasting term used to indicate a wine with little aftertaste.
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Silky
Tasting term used to indicate a voluptuous,
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Sin crianza (Sp.)
Without ageing.
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Soft
Tasting term, usually complimentary, indicating a wine with a mellow, unaggressive character.
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Spicy
Tasting term used to indicate a piquant, herby aroma or flavour,
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Spumante (It.)
Fully sparkling.
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Stalky
Tasting term indicating a woody,
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Sugar
Essential component of grape juice, sugar is converted into alcohol by fermentation.
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Supple
Tasting term indicating a soft, easy-drinking wine,
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Sur lie (Fr.)
On lees. The practice of ageing wine, normally white, on its lees or dead yeast cells, to give more complex flavour and protect against oxidation.
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Sussreserve (Ger.)
Sweet reserve.
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Sweaty
Tasting term used to indicate a pungent, leathery aroma.
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Sweet
Tasting term used to indicate a wine
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Table wine
General term for any wine that is not fortified.
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Tafelwein (Ger.)
Table wine.
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Tartaric acid.
Naturally occurring acid found in grapes (and almost nowhere else) and the most important acid in wine.
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Tartrates
Crystals which sometimes form in wine.
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Tastevin
Small round dish,
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Teinturier
General term for the (rare) red grape varieties which have coloured juice.
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Tenuta (It.)
Estate,
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Terra rossa
Red-brown, clay-limestone soil found in parts of southern Europe,
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Terroir
French term for the notion that the complex combination of soil,
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Tinto (Sp., Por.)
Red.
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Tonneau
Unit of volume equal to 900 litres,