Wine

Wine

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

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Wine-press

Beverages; Wine

A device, comprising two vats or receptacles, one for trodding and bruising grapes, and the other for collecting the juice.

Must weight

Beverages; Wine

The level of fermentable sugars in the must and the resultant alcohol content if all the sugar was converted to ethanol.

Clarification

Beverages; Wine

A winemaking process involving the fining and filtration of wine to remove suspended solids and reduce turbidity.

Aroma

Beverages; Wine

The smell of a wine. The term is generally applied to younger wines, while the term Bouquet is reserved for more aged wines.

Barrel

Beverages; Wine

Oak and steel containers used for fermenting and ageing wine.

This is the noun given for a specially selected sweet wine to be drank with a particular kind of dessert.All dessert wines are sweeter than traditional wines. A dessert wine is defined by the type of ...

Sparkling wine

Beverages; Wine

This is a noun given for a type of a carbonated wine; that process could be a result of a natural fermentation. This process can occur either in a bottle or in a proper large tank.