Germany's "semi-dry" wines having no more than 18 grams of sugar per litre. These wines are sweeter than "trocken" wines but drier than most other modern German wines.
A bottle containing 375 ml or one-half of what a standard bottle can hold.
An overabundance of tannin or acidity which originates from too high an inclusion of stems and stalks.
Similar to "hard," this term describes wines which have tannin or acid levels which are too high, resulting in wines that can be described as being "raw."
French for "high" or "upstream." This word has no meaning insofar as the quality of a wine is concerned.
The first and last parts of the distillation process. See also "feints."
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