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Blending unfermented, fresh grape juice into a fully fermented wine in order to add sweetness. Synonymous with the German winemaking technique Sussreserve. Barrel fermented A wine fermented in oak barrels as opposed to stainless steel or concrete. Traditional with white Burgundies, some Chardonnays and some Champagne. Barrique
The unfermented sugar left over in the wine after fermentation. All wines, including those labeled as "dry wines" contain some residual sugars due to the presence of unfermentable sugars in the grape must such as pentoses. Rich French term for a very sweet wine. Often used as a description for very sweet sparkling wine Ripasso
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.
Actual wine is much simpler: grapes, and yeast to ferment their juice. Minimal sulfur dioxide for preservation. Note also that even de-alcoholized wine usually has trace amounts of alcohol — 0.5 ...
Some wine journalists contend that chaptalization allows wine makers to sacrifice quality in favor of quantity by letting vines overproduce high yields of grapes that have not fully ripened. [9] Also, winemakers have been using technological advances, such as reverse osmosis to remove water from the unfermented grape juice, thereby increasing ...
Vermouth is produced by starting with a base of neutral grape wine or unfermented wine must. Each manufacturer adds additional alcohol and a proprietary mixture of dry ingredients, consisting of aromatic herbs , roots , and barks , to the base wine, base wine plus spirit, or spirit only – which may be redistilled before adding to the wine or ...
The world’s oldest wine has been discovered at a Roman burial site in Spain, and one thing is clear — it definitely had body.. For roughly 2,000 years, the wine has been held in a glass ...
The government plans to change the legal definition of wine following Brexit, to reflect demand for low-alcohol versions of the drink. It means low and alcohol-free versions have to be sold as a ...