A "vin rac" is a wine that possesses breeding or a certain elegance.
Refers to a step in the clarification process which moves the wine off of the heavy settlings in the bottom of the tank. This is accomplished by siphoning the wine from one container into another.
The process of moving wine from barrel to barrel, leaving behind the old lees.
An indefinite term used to refer to a medium-dry Madeira blended especially for the United States market.
In Portugal this term refers to wines which come from a demarcated region. Portugal was 25 years ahead of France's 1855 Appellation d'Origine Contr"lée (AOC) in classifying "quality wine." There are currently nine Denominacao de Origem Controlada (DOC)...
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