Wine Word of the Week: Enology
Saturday, January 30th, 2010This week’s Wine Word of the Week is enology. Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Enology, or oenology, is the knowledge or study of wine, derived from the Greek oinos meaning ‘wine’. …. Enology has been used as synonymous with wine-making and distinct from viticulture, which is concerned with vines. Layman’s […]
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