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  2. Kvevri - Wikipedia

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    Kvevri or Qvevri (Georgian: ქვევრი [ˈkʰvɛvɾi]) - also known as Ch'uri (Georgian: ჭური [ˈtʃʼuɾi]) in Western Georgia - are large earthenware vessels used for the fermentation, storage and aging of traditional Georgian wine. Resembling large, egg-shaped amphorae without handles, they are either buried below ground or ...

  3. English wine cask units - Wikipedia

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    The tun (Old English: tunne, Latin: tunellus, Middle Latin: tunna) is an English unit of liquid volume (not weight), used for measuring wine, oil or honey.It is typically a large vat or vessel, most often holding 252 wine gallons, but occasionally other sizes (e.g. 256, 240 and 208 gallons) were also used.

  4. Tun (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The tun (Old English: tunne, Latin: tunellus, Medieval Latin: tunna) is an English unit of liquid volume (not weight), used for measuring wine, [1] oil or honey. Typically a large vat or vessel, most often holding 252 wine gallons, but occasionally other sizes (e.g. 256, 240 and 208 gallons) were also used. [2] The modern tun is about 954 litres.

  5. Heidelberg Tun - Wikipedia

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    The Heidelberg Tun (German: Großes Fass), or Great Heidelberg Tun, is an extremely large wine vat contained within the cellars of Heidelberg Castle. There have been four such barrels in the history of Heidelberg. In 1751, the year of its construction, the present one had a capacity of 221,726 litres (58,574 U.S. gallons).

  6. Winemaking - Wikipedia

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    Amateur winemakers often use glass carboys in the production of their wine; these vessels (sometimes called demijohns) have a capacity of 4.5–54 litres (0.99–11.88 imp gal; 1.2–14.3 US gal). The kind of vessel used depends on the amount of wine that is being made, the grapes being used, and the intentions of the winemaker.

  7. Cargo control room - Wikipedia

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    Prevalent on automated vessels, the CCR may be in its own room, or located on the ship's bridge. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Among other things, the equipment in the CCR may allow the person in charge to control cargo and stripping pumps, control and monitor valve positions, and monitor cargo tank liquid levels.

  8. Large wine conglomerate is going bankrupt. What does it ... - AOL

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    Deborah K. Pawlowski of Vintage Wine Estates said that Laetitia was a priority brand for the company. “Laetitia is a prime Central Coast property (where) we have about 1,100 vineyard acres owned ...

  9. File:Globe valve diagram-en.svg - Wikipedia

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    Internal parts of a globe valve. This is an English version of File:Globe_valve_diagram.svg in Commons. Source I (Petteri Aimonen ) created this work entirely by myself. Date 12:01, 9 September 2009 (UTC) Author Petteri Aimonen Permission (Reusing this file) See below. Other versions Globe_valve_diagram.svg