This Italian phrase is applied to big red wines like those from the Piedmont.
A Spanish term for the concentrated wine used to color and sweeten sherries. See "arrope."
French sparkling wines produced outside the Champagne region of France.
Harvest year of grapes and the resulting wines made from them. 95% of the wine in a vintage designated bottle must be from grapes harvested in that year. This allows vintners to top up barrels by adding very small amounts of wine from previous vintages.
Port is a sweet red wine with about 20% alcohol and rather low acidity and tannin. Ideally a good port should have a rich spicy flavor and in spite of its 20% alcohol, taste very smooth. Vintage style ports are very grapey. This grapiness comes from the practice...
A Brief Virginia History - Courtesy of The Williamsburg Winery The growing of grapes for the purpose of winemaking is not entirely new to Virginia. With the first exploration of Jamestown Island (1607) the settlers were encouraged by the vines and the grapes...
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