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These substances include small amounts of chemicals such as methanol and other alcohols (known as fusel alcohols), acetone, acetaldehyde, esters, tannins, and aldehydes (e.g. furfural). Congeners are responsible for most of the taste and aroma of distilled alcoholic beverages, and contribute to the taste of non-distilled drinks. [1]
Wine packaged in a bag usually made of flexible plastic and protected by a box, usually made of cardboard. The bag is sealed by a simple plastic tap. Brettanomyces A wine spoilage yeast that produces taints in wine commonly described as barnyard or band-aids. Brix/Balling A measurement of the dissolved sucrose level in a wine Brouillis
French term for a famous brand of wine, most commonly associated with the large Champagne houses. Grand cru French term for a "Great growth" or vineyard. In Burgundy, the term is regulated to a define list of Grand cru vineyards. Grand vin French term most often associated with Bordeaux where it denotes a Chateau's premier wine, or "first wine".
To amplify women in the wine world, they have a weekly delivery of women-owned wine, which features dry, sugar-free red, white, rosé, and sparkling wines from a female winemaker or female-led winery.
Many wine lovers may be unfamiliar with orange wine, so it’s easy to assume that it’s a new frontier in the industry. But that couldn’t be further from the truth. “There’s a deep, rich ...
Wine lactone is a pleasant smelling compound found naturally in apples, orange juice, grapefruit juice, orange essential oil, clementine peel oil and various grape wines. It was first discovered as an essential oil metabolite in koala urine by Southwell in 1975. [ 1 ]
According to Kikkoman, mirin is a rice wine used as a seasoning or consumed as a beverage in Japanese cuisine. It is a sweet liquor containing about 14% alcohol content and 40 to 50% sugar content.
Acetone (2-propanone or dimethyl ketone) is an organic compound with the formula (CH 3) 2 CO. [22] It is the simplest and smallest ketone (>C=O).It is a colorless, highly volatile, and flammable liquid with a characteristic pungent odour, very reminiscent of the smell of pear drops.