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ToughTasting term used to indicate a wine with a harsh taste,
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Trocken (Ger.)
Dry.
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Trockenbeerenauslese
German and Austrian quality wine category, meaning 'selected dried berries'.
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Ullage
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Ursprungslage
German label term proposed as a replacement for Grosslage.
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VA
See 'volatile acidity'.
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Vanilla
Tasting term used to describe a vanilla-like aroma,
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Varietal
Wine from a single,
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Vat
Vessel used for fermentation and storage of wine.
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VDQS ( Vin delimite de qualite suprieure)
French quality wine designation coming just below AC in the hierarchy.
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Velvety
Tasting term used to describe a textured,
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Vraison
French term for the moment when red-wine grapes
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Vigneron (Fr.)
Vine grower.
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Vignoble (Fr.)
Vineyard.
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Vin (Fr.)
Wine.
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Vin de garde (Fr.)
Wine
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Vin de Pays (Fr.)
Country wine. French wine category which, like AC, lays down designated areas, permitted grape varieties and yields, etc.
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Vin de table (Fr.)
Table wine.
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Vin Dlimit de Qualit Suprieure
(See VDQS).
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Vin doux naturel.
French term for sweet wines made by arresting the fermentation
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Vin Gris (Fr.)
Pale pink
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Vin Mousseux (Fr.)
Sparkling wine.
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Vin Santo Sweet.
Aged style of wine
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Via (Sp.)
Vineyard.
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Vinho (Por.)
Wine.
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Vinification
Making wine.
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Vino (It., Sp.)
Wine.
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Vino da tavola (It.)
Table wine.
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Vino de color
Spanish term for the deeply coloured wine
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Vino de la tierra (Sp.)
Country wine.
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Vino de mesa (Sp.)
Table wine.
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Vintage
Year in which the grapes used to make a wine were grown.