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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
Wines that are being riddled (remuage) will end up sur pointe with the yeast sediment consolidated in the neck of the bottle. Süss German term for a sweet wine Szamorodni Hungarian wine term meaning "as it comes". A wine with a mixture of healthy and botrytis-infected grapes Száraz Hungarian wine term for a dry wine
Bistre's appearance is generally of a dark grayish brown, with a yellowish cast. Bistre has also been used to name colors resembling the pigment, typically shades of brown. The first recorded use of bistre as a color name in English was in 1727; another name for the color bistre is soot brown. [1]
Plaque about the legend of the origin of the word "Bistro" at La Mère Catherine, 6, place du Tertre, Paris.(English: On March 30, 1814, the Cossacks were the first to launch their very famous "bistro" here and, on the hill, the worthy ancestor of our bistros was born. 180th anniversary.
The wines of these areas will sometimes have a characteristic earthy garrigue aroma. Genus 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
An Italian sommelier (F.I.S.A.R.) with a tastevin around his neckA sommelier (UK: / ˈ s ɒ m əl j eɪ, s ɒ ˈ m ɛ l i eɪ / SOM-əl-yay, som-EL-ee-ay, US: / ˌ s ʌ m əl ˈ j eɪ / SUM-əl-YAY, French: ⓘ), or wine steward, is a trained and knowledgeable wine professional, normally working in fine restaurants, who specializes in all aspects of wine service as well as wine and food pairing.
Liebfrauenkirche in Worms with surrounding grapevines Müller-Thurgau is often used in the production of Liebfraumilch.. Liebfraumilch or Liebfrauenmilch (German for 'Our Lady's Milk', in reference to the Virgin Mary) is a style of semi-sweet white German wine which may be produced, mostly for export, in the regions Rheinhessen, Palatinate, Rheingau, and Nahe.
The English word oenology derives from the Greek word oinos (οἶνος) "wine" and the suffix –logia (-λογία) the "study of". An oenologist is an expert in the science of wine and of the arts and techniques for making wine.