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Abboccato Abfuller Abfüllung Abstich Acacia (Gum Arabic) Acetaldehyde Acetic Acetification Acetobacter Acid Acidity Activated Carbon Adabag Aeolian Soil Aftertaste Aging Agrafes Ahr Alabariza Alambic Albumin Alcohol Alcohol Content Aldehyde Alembic Alentjo Alexander Valley Algarvina Almondina Alluvial Deposits Alt Amabile Amador County Amaro Amarone Amber Amertume Ammonium Carbonate

Ammonium Phosphate Amontillado Amoroso Ampelidaceae Ampelography Anada Anbaugebiet Ancient Method Anderson Valley Ansprechend AP Nummer Aperitif Appellation Appellation Controlee (AOC) Apre Aquavite Arenas Argillaceous Soils Armagnac Aroma Arriére-gout Arroba Arrope Artig Asciato Ascorbic Acid Assemblage Astringence Astringent Aszu Atlas Peak District Auslese Auslese Yeast Austere Autolysis Autolyzed Yeast AVA

B

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B.A.T.F. Bac a Glace Bacchus Baden Bairrada Baked Balance Balling Ban de Vendange Banyula Barbaresco Barbera Bardolino Barolo Barrel Barrel Influence Barrels – A Detailed Look Barrique Barros Basalt Basto Batlthazar Battonage Baume Beerenauslese Bell Mountain Appellation Bentonite Bereich Bianco Big Bilateral Cordons Bite Bitter Black Currants Blanc de Blancs Blanc de Noirs Blanco Blend

Blume Blümig Bocksbeutel Bocoy Bodega Body Bon Gout Bone Dry Bor Bordeaux Blanc Borok Bota Botrytis Cinerea Bottle Aging Bottle Sickness Bottle Size Bouchonne Boulbénes Bouquet Bouquet Acquit Bouquet Original Bowle Branco Brand Name Brandewijn Branntwein Breathe Breed Brix Brouilli Brunello Brut Brut Naturel Bual Bud Break Bukettereich Bulk Process Bung Hole Burgundy Wines Butt Buttafuoco

C

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cabinet-wein calcareous soil calcium carbonate calcium sulfate calories per ounce cane cutting cane pruning canopy management cantina cantina sociale capsule carbon dioxide carbonic maceration carboy Carneros casa casco casein cask casse cassis cauque cava cave CCOF cedar cellar Central Coast Appellation cepage Chablis chai chalk Chalk Hill chambrer champagne chaptalization character Chardonnay charmat process charnu chateau

chateau bottled cheribita chiaretto chiling citric acid claret clarete clarity Clarksburg District classified growths – 1855 clay clayey-loam clean climat clone clos closed cloudy cloying coarse cochylis cold duck cold duck cold stabilization colheita collage collar colloidal silicon dioxide colluvial deposits color Colorado Columbia Valley common commune complexity Confrerie du Tastevin confreries consumo cooked cool fermentation cool tank fermentation

cooper cooperage copper sulfate cork Cork Quality Council corked corky corpse corredor corse cosecha cosecha cote Cote d' Or coteaux cotto coulant coupage coupe courtier CQC crasse de fer cream sherry cremant criadera criado y embotellado por cru crusher crust cryomaceration cuit custom crushed custom wine cuvaison cuvee cuvee close cuvee de prestige

D

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Dame Jeanne Dao de-acidification decanter decanting defatted soy flour degorgement degree days delicate delimited area demi demi-john demi-muid demi-queue demi-sec Demoisy-StemmerCrusher Denominacion de Origen density deposit depth destemming dextrin diabetiker-wein diablo clay diastase diatomaceous earth

dimethylpoly-siloxane disgorging district DOC DOCG dolce Dolcetto domaine DOS dosage double magnum douil doux dry dry berry selection Dry Creek Valley duftig dulce dulce apagado dull dumb dunder dur Dyson Goblet trellis

E

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early harvest earthy eau de vie eau de vie de marc echt edel edelbeerenauslese edelfaule edelsusse egg egg white egrapilloir egrappage ehrwein eigene abfullung einzellage eisenwein eiswein elegance elegant

elevage engarrafado no origem enologist enology enophile erdig erythorbic acid erzeugerabfumlllung espumoso essenz estate bottled esters estufa eszencia ether ether alcohol ethyl maltol euvites extra dry extra-sec extract

F

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fad faible fass fat fein feine feinste feints ferme fermentation fermented in the bottle ferrocyanide compounds ferrous sulfate ferrunginous clay fett fiasco filtration finage fine fine maison finesse Finger Lakes Region fining finish fino flagon flask flint flinty Florida flower flowery

flute food pairings fort fortified wines foudre foulage foxiness foxy fragrant frais franc Franken fresh frisch frizzante fruity fuder full fulle fumaric acid fumet

G

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gallon garrafeira gas chromatograph gattinara Gay-Lussac gefallig gefullt geibets gelatin gemarkung gemeinde geranium gewachs gezuckert glacial moraine glug glycerin glycerol gold cap gondola gout gout anglais gout d'event gout de bois gout de bouchon gout de paille gout de pique gout de terroir

governo gradi gradi alcool grado alcoolico grafting gran riserva grand cru granite grappa green green grafting Green Valley grele grip grossier growth grun gut Gutsabfullung gypsum gyropallets

H

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haire halbstuck halbtrocken half bottle hard harsh haut heads and tails hectare Hessische Bergstrasse hogshead Hudson River Region hybrid hydrogen peroxide hydromel

I

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ice wine Idaho IGT imperial imperiale Indiana individual dry berry inspissated wine ion exchange IPR isinglass iso-ascorbic acid

J

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jerez jeroboam

K

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kabinett Kanawha-River-Valley kieselguhr kimmeridgian soil kislav koumiss kriska

L

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lactic acid lady bugs Lake County Lake Erie Region late harvest leaf pulling leafing lees lieblich light lignite limestone liqueur d'expedition liqueur de tirage litre long long gold cap Long Island

M

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maceration mache machefer maderized maduro magnum Malaga blanco dulce Malaga blanco seco Malaga dulce color malaga lagrima malaga moscatel malaga pajarete malaga rome Malaga semi-dulce malbec malic malic acid malmsey malolactic fermentation maltol manzanilla marl marlstone McDowell Valley

mead mellow mercaptans meritage Merlot Merlot methode champenoise methuselah microclimate millesime Minnesota mirror mis au domaine mis du domain mistelle Mittelrhein moelleux moldy Monterey County Montrachet Mosel-Saar-Ruwer mouldy Mount Veeder mousy mudstone mulled wine mur must mutage mute

N

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Nahe Napa Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley natural nebuchadnezzar negociant neutron probe noble rot non-vintage nose nouveau nutty

O

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oak oechsle degrees oeil de perdrix oenology oenophile oidium oloroso opening-a-sparkling-wine organic wines original bouquet ortsteil ouillage Ovals oxidation

P

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Topics beginning with P: palacio palus Paso Robles passerillage Pennsylvania pepper perlant perlite perlwein petillance petillant Pfalz pH Phenolic Structure phylloxera piece piece de vin pigeage pinard Pinot Noir pipe piquant polish filtration

pomace porphyry Port potassium benzoate potassium bicarbonate potassium bitartrate potassium carbonate potassium metabisulfite pottle pourriture noble praying mantis premieur press pressing pricked prise de mousse profound Prosecco pulcianello puncheon punching the cap punt PVP PVPP

Q

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QbA QmP quadilateral cordon qualitatswein quartz queue qunita

R

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race rack racking rainwater rating systems RD recemment degorge recioto recolte red earth red wines rehoboam remuage reserva reservatrol reserve reserve wine residual sugar Rheingau Rheinhessen richness riddling Riesling ripe riserva robe robust rootstock rose rotling Ruby Port Russian River Valley

S

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Saale/ Unstrut Sachsen salamanazar sandy loam Santa Barbara Coast Santa Cruz Mountains Santa Maria Valley Santa Ynez Valley sappy Sauvignon Blanc schist scree sec seche seco second fermentation seeding sekt select cluster

select late harvest selecting the wine glass sercial serving temperature serving wine servir frais seve sharp sherry shoot thinning short shut-in silica gel siliceous soil silicon dioxide slate smooth soave soft solar solera system sommelier Sonoma County – History Sonoma County – Viticulture Sonoma Mountain Sonoma Valley sorbitan monosterate

sour soyeux sparkling wine spatlese special select LH spicy split spumante still wine storing temperature straw wines stuck stuck wine sulfites sulphur Super Tuscan superiore sur lee sur lie sweet sweet wine Syrah

T

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tafelwein tannic tannin tart tartaric acid tartaric crystals tartrates taste scoring systems tastevin tawny tawny port TBA Te Kauwhata Temecula Tennessee terra rosa terrior tete de cuvee Texas Texas Hill Country

thin Tintillo de Malaga tinto tipple tirage tonneau tranche transfer process trellis trocken trockenbeerenauslese troken tufa tuile tun two-heart canopy

U

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UC Davis scoring system ullage

V

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V.S.O. V.S.O.P. V.V.S.O.P. valpolicella vanilla varietal varietal designation VDPV vegetal velho veloute vendange veraison verjus vignoble vigorous

vin bourru vin cuit vin de coule vin du pays vinage vine yield vineyard vineyard designated vinho verde vinification vino da arrosto vino de color vins mousseux vintage vintage port Virginia viticulteur viticulteur area viticulteur areas – AR viticulteur areas – AZ viticulteur areas – CA viticulteur areas – CO viticulteur areas – CT viticulteur areas – IN viticulteur areas – KY viticulteur areas – LA viticulteur areas – MA viticulteur areas – MD viticulteur areas – MI viticulteur areas – MO viticulteur areas – MS

viticulteur areas – NJ viticulteur areas – NM viticulteur areas – NY viticulteur areas – OH viticulteur areas – OK viticulteur areas – OR viticulteur areas – PA viticulteur areas – RI viticulteur areas – TN viticulteur areas – TX viticulteur areas – VA viticulteur areas – WA viticulteur areas – WV viticulteur areas AVA viticulture volatile acidity vorosbor VP VQPRD

W

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Walla Walla Valley weissherbst Welcome to the Wines.com Wiki wet wool white wines White Zinfandel whole berry fermentation Willamette Valley wine wine appellations wine cellar wine classifications wine club wine gift wine labels winemaker winzer Wisconsin wood wood port woody Wurttemberg

X-Y-Z

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XO Yakima Valley yeast yield zymase zymotechnology