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Wine

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

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Old world wine

Beverages; Wine

Wines produced inside of the traditional wine growing areas of Europe and North Africa.

Grape juice

Beverages; Wine

The free-run or pressed juice from grapes. Unfermented grape juice is known as "must."

Thief

Beverages; Wine

A tubular instrument for removing a sample from a cask or barrel. Also called a pipe.

Tannin

Beverages; Wine

Polyphenolic compounds that give wine a bitter, dry, or puckery feeling in the mouth.

Crust

Beverages; Wine

Sediment, generally potassium bitartrate, that adheres to the inside of a wine bottle.

Doux

Beverages; Wine

The French word for sweet. Usually refers to the sweetest category of sparkling wines.

Young

Beverages; Wine

Wine that is not matured and usually bottled and sold within a year of its vintage.

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