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demi-muid

A cask used in Cognac that holds 594 litres (157 gallons).

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demi-queue

A cask found in Burgundy that holds 228 litres (60 gallons). One half of a queue.

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demi-sec

Literally "half-dry." As a wine classification it can mean semi-dry. Champagne classification - An extremely sweet class of champagnes having between 3.3 and 5.0% sugar.

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Demoisy-StemmerCrusher

A device that is used to both crush grapes and remove stems from the resulting must.

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Denominacion de Origen

On Spanish wine labels this denotes a guarantee of the wines origin and authenticity.

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density

The relation (ratio) of the weight of any volume of liquid to the weight of an equal amount of water. This is a means of comparing the weights of liquids.

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