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Another name for Brandy, a liquor made from distilled wine. It is often the source of additional alcohol in fortified wines. Butt An old English unit of wine casks, equivalent to about 477 liters (126 US gallons/105 imperial gallons). In Sherry production, a butt traditionally holds around 600 litres (160 US gal)
The French name for a 225 litre Bordeaux style barrel (Bordeaux hogshead). Will yield 24 cases of 12 bottles each. [3] Basic A low-cost entry-level offering from a winery as opposed to its more expensive premium wine offerings. Beerenauslese A German term meaning approximately "harvest of selected berries". A Prädikat in Germany and Austria ...
A botanical family. The grapes used for winemaking belong to Vitis genera. Gout de Terroir French term meaning "taste of earth" that denotes the characteristic flavors that certain vineyard soils impart on a wine. Graft The joint made during the grafting of rootstock to the scion of a vine. Green harvest
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Glossary of winemaking terms This page was last edited on 28 November 2019, at 03:37 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4 ...
The fruits used in winemaking are fermented using yeast and aged in wood barrels to improve the taste and flavor quality. [4] Ice wine – Ice wine is a type of dessert wine made from frozen grapes. Grapes are frozen on the vine around 20 °F (-7 °C), and late crushed in a grape press.