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The science of wine and winemaking. Off-dry A wine that has the barest hint of sweetness; a slightly sweet wine in which the residual sugar is barely perceptible. Orange wine A white wine with extending skin contact, similar to red wine production. The opposite of a rosé Organic winemaking
A dry wine from a "great growth" vineyard that has been designated as Erste Lage. In many regions this term has been replaced by Grosses Gewächs. Erzeugerabfüllung German term for an estate-bottled wine Extra-Brut A very dry sparkling wine. In Champagne, this is a wine that has received a dosage with between 0-6 grams/liter sugar Extra Dry
Vaskning (lit. ' Sinking ') is the act of pouring out champagne in the sink.Sinking probably started in Sweden as "a reaction to the ban on spraying champagne in many bars" and the sinking is usually done by a person ordering two bottles of champagne and asking the bartender to pour out (sink) one of them. [1]
When the sugar food source for the yeast and necessary nutrients such as nitrogen run out, or the alcohol level of the wine reaches such a point to where it is toxic for the yeast, the cells die and sink to the bottom of the fermentation vessel. These dead cells, or "lees", are normally removed by racking the wine into a
The Collins English Dictionary, the Chambers Dictionary, and the Oxford English Dictionary all derive the word "sack" from the French sec, meaning "dry".However, the OED cannot explain the change in the vowel, and it has been suggested by others that the term is actually from the Spanish word sacar, [1] meaning "to withdraw", as in withdrawing wine from a solera, [3] which led to sacas. [1]
“The wine imparts a subtle wine flavor, but the acid also helps cook the pasta, giving a more pleasant texture." Firoz Thanawalla, chef and owner of Chef’s Satchel , offers this recipe for ...
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Wine grapes from the Guadalupe Valley in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. Winemaking, wine-making, or vinification is the production of wine, starting with the selection of the fruit, its fermentation into alcohol, and the bottling of the finished liquid. The history of wine-making stretches over millennia.