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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 French term for a 225 liter cask that is traditionally used in Bordeaux and now adopted worldwide Baumé French measurement of the sugar concentration in the juice or wine ...
The space between the wine and the top of a wine bottle. As a wine ages, the space of ullage will increase as the wine gradually evaporates and seeps through the cork. The winemaking term of "ullage" refers to the practice of topping off a barrel with extra wine to prevent oxidation. Unctuous A wine that has layers of soft, concentrated ...
Traditional oak barrels made by Chilean cooperage Tonelería Nacional Mackmyra barrels at Häckeberga Castle Modern stainless steel casks and kegs outside the Castle Rock microbrewery in Nottingham, England Wooden wine barrel at an exhibition in Croatia. A barrel or cask is a hollow cylindrical container with a bulging center, longer than it is ...
The "red band" seen on many wine barrels is from wine spill. Some of this spillage comes from the topping off process when the bung is reinserted into the barrel. At the winery, the natural process of evaporation creates ullage in the barrel by causing some of the alcohol and water particles to escape as vapors , a loss sometimes referred to as ...
A barrel is a cylindrical container, traditionally made with wooden material. Barrel may also refer to: BARREL (Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses), a NASA mission; Barrel, a 1970 album by Lee Michaels; Barrel (horology), a watch component; Barrel (unit), several units of volume; Barrel (wine), for fermenting or ageing wine
Sediment in a bottle of vintage port wine.. Sediment is the solid material that settles to the bottom of any wine container, such as a bottle, vat, tank, cask, or barrel. . Sediment is a highly heterogeneous mixture which at the start of wine-making consists of primarily dead yeast cells the insoluble fragments of grape pulp and skin, and the seeds that settle out of new
The “Barrel House,” a home made out of a pair of two-story tall reclaimed redwood wine barrels in Big Sur, is on the market. And it can be yours for only $3.265 million.
Wine cask may refer to: a wine barrel; a Bag-In-Box storage for wine, used for box wine (especially in Australian English). This page was last edited on 16 ...