Wine term

Question 1

Wine Terms: Chapeau

Answer 1

Cap during Fermentation

Question 2

Wine Terms: Buttage

Answer 2

Piling soil on base of vines to prevent frost damage

Question 3

Wine Terms: Debourbage

Answer 3

Settling of solids during fermentation

Question 4

Wine Terms: Délestage

Answer 4

Emptying tank and returning it over the cap

Question 5

Wine Terms: Égrappage

Answer 5

Destemming

Question 6

Wine Terms: Élevage

Answer 6

“Raising” a wine from post fermentation to bottling before it is ready to drink; AKA Ageing

Question 7

Wine Terms: Grappe Entière

Answer 7

Whole Cluster Fermentation

Question 8

Wine Terms: Levurage

Answer 8

Inoculation of yeasts

Question 9

Wine Terms: Microbullage

Answer 9

Micro oxygenation

Question 10

Wine Terms: Lutte Raisonnée

Answer 10

Sustainable viticulture

Question 11

Wine Terms: Sans Soufre

Answer 11

No Sulphur

Question 12

Wine Terms: Vin de Taille

Answer 12

Heavy pressed wine in Sparkling Wine

Question 13

Wine Terms: Passerilage

Answer 13

Shriveled grapes due to strong winds or dried after picking

Question 14

Wine Terms: Soutirage

Answer 14

Racking wine

Question 15

Wine Terms: Bousinage

Answer 15

Toasting the oak planks to prepare for flavor saturation

Question 16

Collage

Answer 16

fining

Question 17

coulure

Answer 17

uneven set

Question 18

échantillon

Answer 18

sample

Question 19

étiquette

Answer 19

label

Question 20

grappe

Answer 20

cluster

Question 21

fût

Answer 21

barrel

Question 22

mousseux, pétillant

Answer 22

sparkling, carbonated

Question 23

pigéage

Answer 23

punchdown

Question 24

pupitre

Answer 24

riddling rack

Question 25

remontage

Answer 25

pumpover

Question 26

remuage

Answer 26

riddling

Question 27

vin de cuvée

Answer 27

light press wine

Question 28

Mutage

Answer 28

winemaking process that involves adding alcohol to a fermenting grape mixture to stop fermentation

Question 29

Blocage / Deblocage

Answer 29

Storing or releasing of wines in storage for future use

Question 30

Rebeche

Answer 30

The third pressing required by law. 0-10% of the crop and can only be used for distillate

Question 31

Crayere

Answer 31

Chalk cellars. Includes: Ruinart, Pommery, Joseph Perrier, Ayala, Canard-Duchene