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A different reference, overlaying each element of wine and wine-making. curiosity in wine has exploded lately. This publication is a complete consultant to the expert phrases utilized in growing to be, generating and tasting wine. It covers easy innovations, from the different sorts of grape, areas and strategies of starting to be vines, during to the completed product. perfect for the fanatic or scholar of wine or wine-making.
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2. the Roman god of wine. Compare Dionysus back blending the adding of grape juice to a wine to sweeten the final wine backbone (tasting term) the quality of red wines that are full-bodied, wellstructured and well-balanced with the correct level of acidity backward (tasting term) used to describe a wine that tastes less developed than its age and retains youthful characteristics despite considerable ageing Baco Blanc a white grape variety grown mostly in the Armagnac region of France and widely used to produce brandy (pronounced Âk4 ba bl0aN) Baco Noir a grape variety developed in France and used primarily in the eastern USA to make light, dry and fruity red table wines (pronounced Âk4 nw0ar) ba bacteria microorganisms that help in the decomposition of organic matter but can cause disease and spoil wine.
The key elements include sweetness, acidity, tannin, alcohol and fruit. The balance of these elements in a wine will change as the wine ages, so a fine wine might start out of balance and gradually change into a perfectly balanced, great wine. balanced wine a well-made wine in which no one element of the wine dominates Balbi (pronounced  lbi) ba 1. another name for Prosecco 2. Argentina a well-known winery in the Mendoza region of Argentina, now owned by Allied Domecq balthazar an oversize bottle that can hold 12 litres, equivalent to 16 standard 750 ml bottles banana (tasting term) the smell of some very young wines due to the amyl acetate found in newly bottled wine, which diminishes with age Bandol AOC France a small wine-producing appellation by the sea in Provence, southern France, east of Marseilles, that grows especially the MourveÁdre grape variety to produce good-quality red and rose wines.
G. ground chalk or limestone. 4047 hectares, or 4,840 square yards adamado Portuguese sweet (pronounced Âdd@ m0ad4) a adega Portuguese a wine estate or wine cellar (pronounced Âyg@) a da adega cooperativa Portuguese a wine cooperative (pronounced t1ev@, Âyg@ k4 op@r@ a da plural adegas cooperativas) Adelaide Hills, Adelaide Australia an important wine-producing region of South Australia 15 km to the east of the city of Adelaide, about 400±500 metres in altitude and one of the cooler areas of South Australia, producing excellent Chardonnay and good Sauvignon Blanc and also well-known for good Pinot Noir aerate 1.