Category Results for: Wine Word of the Week

 

Wine Word of the Week: Sulfites

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012

This week’s Wine Word of the Week is sulfites. Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Sulfite and bisulfate, the negatively charged ions liberated when sulfurous acid dissociates…. The analytical method usually used for the measurement of sulfite determines all of the various forms which are active in terms of smell, effect […]

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Wine Word of the Week: Varietal

Tuesday, June 26th, 2012

This week’s Wine Word of the Week is varietal. Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Varietal is a descriptive term for a wine named after the dominant grape variety from which it is made. The word is increasingly misused in place of vine variety. A varietal wine is distinct from a […]

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Wine Word of the Week: Variety

Tuesday, June 19th, 2012

This week’s Wine Word of the Week is variety. Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Vine varieties are distinct types of vine within one species of the vine genus vitis. Different vine varieties produce different varieties of grapes, so that the terms vine variety and grape variety are used almost interchangeably. […]

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Wine Word of the Week: Punt

Tuesday, June 12th, 2012

This week’s Wine Word of the Week is punt. Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Punt is the optional indentation in the bottom of wine bottles, particularly common in bottles of sparkling wine. Layman’s terms from Kori: If you are a sports fan, I’m sure you think of punt in terms […]

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Wine Word of the Week: Dosage

Tuesday, June 5th, 2012

This week’s Wine Word of the Week is dosage. Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Dosage is the final addition to a sparkling wine which may top up a bottle in the case of traditional method wines, and also determines sweetness, or residual sugar, of the finished wine. …. Champagne is […]

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Wine Word of the Week: Sediment

Tuesday, May 29th, 2012

This week’s Wine Word of the Week is sediment. Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Sediment is the solid material which settles to the bottom of any wine container, whether it be a bottle or a vat, tank, cask, or barrel. This sediment is a very heterogeneous mixture which at the […]

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Wine Word of the Week: Phylloxera

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

This week’s Wine Word of the Week is phylloxera. Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Phylloxera. This small yellow root-feeding aphid has probably had a more damaging impact on wine production than any other vine pest, or any vine disease. It attacks only grapevines, and kills vines by attacking their roots. […]

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Wine Word of the Week: Faults

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

This week’s Wine Word of the Week is faults. Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Faults in wines vary, of course, according to the taste of the consumer. …. To winemakers, however, wine faults are specific departures from an acceptable norm, the least quantifiable of which may be a lack of […]

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Wine Word of the Week: Bottling

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

This week’s Wine Word of the Week is bottling. Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Bottling is a vital wine-making operation for all wines other than those packaged in containers other than bottles and those few served straight from a cask or tank as bulk wine. Bottling techniques vary greatly according […]

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Wine Word of the Week: Stabilization

Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

This week’s Wine Word of the Week is stabilization. Official definition from Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine: Stabilization is a group of wine-processing operations undertaken to ensure that the wine, once bottled, will not form hazes, clouds, or unwanted deposits; become gassy; or undergo rapid deterioration of flavor after bottling. A quick recovery […]

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