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Green: usually negative, this can apply to a white wine with vegetal notes, or a red wine with bell pepper or herbal notes. Typically used to describe a wine made from unripe fruit. [8] [16] Hard: overly tannic wine. [6] Heavy: a wine that is very alcoholic with too much sense of body. [8]
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.
A large cave that is excavated to provide a cool location for storing and aging wine. Similar to wine cellar. Wine cellar A cool, dark location in which wine is stored, often for the purpose of ageing. Wine fault Undesirable characteristics in wine caused by poor winemaking techniques or storage conditions. Winemaker
A term originally meant to denote a location in a cellar where wine is stored but now often seen in brand marketing of some wines (e.g. Bin 75 Merlot) Biodynamic wine Like biodynamic agriculture in general, biodynamic grape-growing stems from the ideas and suggestions of Rudolf Steiner (1861.1925), which predate most of the organic movement.
Carménère wine has a deep red color and aromas found in red fruits, spices and berries. [1] The tannins are gentler and softer than those in Cabernet Sauvignon and it is a medium body wine. [25] As a result, many find it can be drunk easily with fish.
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Red wine represents 52% of total wine consumption in Spain, [9] 55.6% in Italy in 2004, [12] and 70% in Switzerland. [10] In Canada, red wine dominates with a 52.3% share of total wine sales in 2004, although there are regional disparities, with Quebec favoring it even more. [13] In the United States, there is a balance between white wine ...
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