Wine

Wine

Referring to any alcoholic beverage made from the fermented juice of grapes.

Industry: Beverages

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Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC)

Beverages; Wine

The French system of appellations, begun in the 1930s and considered the wine world's prototype. To carry an appellation in this system, a wine must follow rules describing the area the grapes are ...

Austere

Beverages; Wine

Used to describe relatively hard, high-acid wines that lack depth and roundness. Usually said of young wines that need time to soften, or wines that lack richness and body.

Awkward

Beverages; Wine

Describes a wine that has poor structure, is clumsy or is out of balance.

Backbone

Beverages; Wine

Used to denote those wines that are full-bodied, well-structured and balanced by a desirable level of acidity.

Backward

Beverages; Wine

Used to describe a young wine that is less developed than others of its type and class from the same vintage.

Botrytis cinerea

Beverages; Wine

Called the "Noble Rot." A beneficial mould or fungus that attacks grapes under certain climatic conditions and causes them to shrivel, deeply concentrating the flavors, sugar and acid. Some of the ...

Bottle sickness

Beverages; Wine

A temporary condition characterised by muted or disjointed fruit flavors. It often occurs immediately after bottling or when wines (usually fragile wines) are shaken in travel. Also called bottle ...