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

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