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Examples: Vermouth, Retsina or mulled wine. Ascorbic acid An antioxidant used to prevent grape must from oxidizing. Aseptic The characteristic of a chemical (like sulfur dioxide or sorbic acid) to kill unwanted or beneficial bacteria. Assemblage The blending of base wines in order to create a final blend or cuvee. Atmosphere
Bota. A cask of wine used to store Sherry with a capacity between 159 and 172 gallons (600-650 liters) Botte. The Italian term for a wooden barrel, plural: botti. Usually refers to a botte grande, a large floor-standing wooden vat with a capacity of 1,000–3,000 litres (220–660 imp gal; 260–790 US gal). Bottle.
A place where grape vines are grown for wine making purposes. Vintage The year in which a particular wine's grapes were harvested. When a vintage year is indicated on a label, it signifies that all the grapes used to make the wine in the bottle were harvested in that year. Viticulture The cultivation of grapes. Not to be confused with viniculture.
For this reason the terms fizzy and effervescent are sometimes used to include all bubbly wines. The following terms are increasingly used to designate different bottle pressures: [2] Beady is a wine with less than 1 additional bar (15 psi) of pressure. Semi-sparkling is a wine with 1 to 2.5 additional bars (15 to 36 psi) of pressure.
Burgundy wine (French: Bourgogne or vin de Bourgogne) is made in the Burgundy region of eastern France, [1] in the valleys and slopes west of the Saône, a tributary of the Rhône. The most famous wines produced here, and those commonly referred to as "Burgundies", are dry red wines made from pinot noir grapes and white wines made from ...
Sparkling rosé in the cave of Schramsberg Vineyards, in Napa, California, USA. A rosé wine from Washington state, USA. A rosé (French: [ʁoze]) is a type of wine that incorporates some of the color from the grape skins, but not enough to qualify it as a red wine. It may be the oldest known type of wine, as it is the most straightforward to ...