Glossary of Wine Terminology

A

Acidity Aeration Alcohol Appellation Astringency Ageing Aroma Alsace Amarone  

B

Balance  Barrel  Barrique  Bitter  Blend —  a wine made from more than one grape varietal Body Bordeaux Botrytis Cinerea Bouquet  Breathe Brettanomyces  Brilliant Brut — french term denoting dry styles of champagnes or sparkling wines Beaujolais Beaujolais Nouveau Blanc de Blancs Blanc de Noirs Bodega Brix Burgundy  

C

Cabernet Franc Cabernet Sauvignon Cap Cava Chablis Champagne Chaptalization Chardonnay Chateau Chenin Blanc Chianti Claret Clos Color Cooperative Corked / Cork Taint Crianza Cru  

D

Decant Denominacion de Origen Denominazione di Origine Controllata Disgorge Dosage Douro Dry Demi-Sec  

E

Earthy Enology  

F

Fermentation Filtration Fining Fortified Wine Fumé Blanc Frizzante Finish  Foxy Fruity Full-bodied

G

Grolleau Gamay Gewürztraminer Graft Gran Reserva Grand Cru Green Grenache Grüner Veltliner Grape Must Glycerol  

H

Hot Hectare Hectoliter Herbaceous Hollow Hybrid Halbtrocken  

I

Ice Wine  

J

Jeroboam  

K

Kabinett Kosher  

L

Lees Length Late Harvest Legs Loire Landwein  

M

Maceration Madeira Maderized Magnum Malbec Malolactic Conversion Mature Malic Acid Medoc Merlot Minerality Must  

N

Negociant Noble Rot Nose Nebbiolo Natural Wine  

O

Oak/Oaky Oenology Open Oxidation Organic Oxidized Orange Wine Off-Dry Organic Wine  

P

Pétillant pH Phenols / Phenolics / Phenolic Compounds Phylloxera Podere Poggio Produttori Piedmont Pinot Blanc Pinot Gris Pinot Noir Pinotage Plonk Pomace Port Premier Cru Press Primeur (en) Pruning  

Q

Qualitätswein  

R

Rosé Rough Racking Reserva Risera Reserve Rhône Riddling Riesling Rioja Reduction Residual Sugar  

S

Sec Sommelier Spicy Sweet Sancerre Sangiovese Sauternes Sauvignon Blanc Sherry Shiraz Silky Solera Split Steely Stemmy Super Tuscan Supple Syrah Sémillon Secco Standard Bottle Sulfites Sulfur Compounds Superior Superiore Sur Lie Sans Soufre Süss  

T

Tannins Terroir Trocken Typicity Table Wine Tempranillo Texture Tartaric Acid  

U

Uvaggio Ullage  

V

Varietal Veneto Vin Santo Vintage Viognier Viticulture Vegetal Vinification Vinology Vitis Vinifera Vanillin Vieille Vignes Vecchio Vinous Volatile Acidity  

W

Weight Wine Wine glass Wine tasting WSET  

X

 

Y

Yeast Yield Young  

Z

Zinfandel