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WSET ADVANCED Vocabulary Flashcards

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1
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Abboccato

A

Medium-sweet

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Accolage

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Tying the vine branches to the horizontal wires

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Acetic Acid

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The acid component of vinegar

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Aerobic

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Requiring oxygen to operate

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Alcoholic Fermentation

A

Conversion of sugar to ETOH by yeast operating in anaerobic conditions

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Anaerobic

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Able to operate without Oxygen

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Aspersion

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Method of protection against Spring frosts

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Assemblage

A

Blending a number of different parcels of wine

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Ausbruch

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Austria

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10
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Barrique

A

Case 225 Liters

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Battonage

A

Lees stirring

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12
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Beerenauslese

A

Pradikat wine category

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13
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Blended Whiskey: Scotland

A

Blend of grain whiskey and malt whiskey

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Blended Whiskey: US

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Blend of stgraight whiskey and neutral spirit

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Bonne Chauffe

A

The second distillation in Cognac

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16
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Brouillis

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The product of the first distillation in Cognac

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Bordeaux Mixture

A

Solution of copper sulfate and lime in water

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Botrytis Cinerea

A

Fungs attacks grape

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19
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Botte

A

Italy

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20
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Brettanomyces

A

Genus of yeast

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21
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Bush training

A

Training of vines as free-standing plants

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22
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Buttage

A

French

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23
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Cane

A

One year old wood on vine

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Carbonic Maceration

A

Fermentation of whole bunches of black grapes

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Cask Strength

A

Malt whiskies

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Casse

A

Unwated haze in wine

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Chalk

A

Type of limestone

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Chaptalisation

A

Must enrichment

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Charmat Method

A

Another name for tank method

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Clay

A

Extremely fine-grained soil type

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Climat

A

Vineyard site

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Clonal selection

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Selection and propagation of plants

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Clone

A

Descendants of a single individual

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34
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Clos

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Walled vineyard

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35
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Congeners

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Organic compounds

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36
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Examples of Congeners

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Ketones, Esters, Aldehydes

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Continentality

A

Difference between summer and winter temp

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38
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Cordon

A

Horizontal extension of vine trunk

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39
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Cote

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Hillside

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40
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Coteaux

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Slopes

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41
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Crianza

A

Has satisfied requirements for aging in cask and bottle

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42
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Crossing

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Breeding of varieties

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43
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Cru

A

A single ‘growth’

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44
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Cru Artisan

A

Rank of Bordeaux chateaux

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Cru Bourgeois

A

Rank of Bordeaux chateaux

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46
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Cru Classe

A

Classifed growth

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47
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Cryo-extraction

A

Concentrating the sugar in grape must

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48
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Cuve

A

Vat or tank

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49
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Cuve close

A

Another term for tank method

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50
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Cuvee

A

*Juice resulting from first pressing of Champagne

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51
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Debuttage

A

Removing earth that was placed on vine during buttage

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52
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Degorgement

A

Removal of sediment from bottle

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53
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Degorgement Tardive

A

Champagne that has been disgorged after:

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54
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Diurnal Range

A

Difference btw daytime and nighttime temp

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55
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Effect of warm nights

A

Encourages sugar build-up

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56
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Dosage

A

Adjustment of sugar level in sparkling wines

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57
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Eau-de-vie

A

Spirit distilled to a maximum of 96%ABV

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58
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Edelfaule

A

Noble rot

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59
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Eleve en futs de chene

A

Aged in oak barrels

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60
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Erste Lage

A

Top vineyards in Germany

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61
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Erzeugerabfullung

A

Estate-bottled

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62
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Estate

A

Make wines from grapes on their property only

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63
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Estufagem

A

Madeira

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64
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Fattoria

A

Italian

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65
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Feints

A

The tails

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66
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Fermentation

A

Chemical reaction

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67
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Most important fermentations

A

Alcholic and MLF

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68
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Filtration

A

Physically removing particles

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69
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Fining

A

Removal of matter in suspension in the wine

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70
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Fining agent

A

Acts as a coagulant

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71
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Fixed acidity

A

The acidity in wine detectable only on the palate

72
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Foreshots

A

The heads

73
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Fractions

A

During distillation

74
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Pot still

A

Used to separate a liquid into three fractions

75
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Rectifier (re: Fractions)

A

Can separtate a liquid into a larger number of precisely-separated fractions

76
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Geographical Indication

A

Defined by WTO

77
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Governo

A

Used in production of Chianti

78
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Graft

A

Union of small piece of one plant onto a rootstock

79
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Grain Whiskey

A

Scottish Whiskey

80
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Grains Nobles

A

Alsace

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Gran Reserva

A

Certain minimum requirements for ageing in cake and bottle

82
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Granvas

A

Spain

83
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Green malt

A

Grains of barley

84
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Grey rot

A

Bad form of botrytis cinerea

85
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Habillage

A

The dressing on sparkling wine

86
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Halbtrocken

A

half-dry

87
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Head grafting

A

Allows a variety to be grafted over to another, more profitable variety

88
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Heads

A

The first fraction to be collected

89
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What heads contain

A

Ethanol, volatile and potentially toxic levels of compounds such as methonal

90
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Hearts

A

Second fractions to be collected during post distillation

91
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Imbottigilato all’origine

A

Estate-bottled

92
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Invecchiato

A

Aged

93
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Irrigation

A

Aritfical canals, flooding, overhead sprays

94
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Kabinett

A

Pradikat category

95
Q

Lees

A

Sediment of dead yeast cells

96
Q

Lees stirring

A

Mixing the lees with the wine

97
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Lieu dit

A

Named vineyard site not of Premier Cru or Grand Cru status

98
Q

Limestone

A

Sedimentary rock

99
Q

Benefits of calcium carbonate

A

Calcium inhibits uptaked of acid-neutralising potassium

100
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Liqueur d’expedition

A

Mix of wine and sugar

101
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Liqueur de tirage

A

Mixture of wine, sugar and yeast

102
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Liquroeaux

A

Very sweet

103
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Liquoroso

A

Strong

104
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Lutte raisonee

A

Avoids unnecessary use of synthetic chemicals

105
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Maceration

A

Skins are in contact with the fermenting must

106
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MLF

A

Addition of lactic acid bacteria

107
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Malt

A

Barley that has undergone the malting process

108
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Malting process

A

Soaking, germination and kilning of barley

109
Q

Malt whisky

A

Double distilled

110
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Manipulant

A

Grape-grower who also makes wine

111
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Pomace

A

The residue of skins, pips and stalks left in press

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Marc

A

The distillate made from pomace

113
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Mash bill

A

Mix of grains used to make whisky

114
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Mesoclimate

A

Site climate

115
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Micro-climate

A

*Climate within the canopy of the vine

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Millesime

A

Vintage date

117
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Moelleux

A

Medium-sweet

118
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Mosto cotto

A

Italian

119
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Must

A

Unfermented grape juice that becomes wine

120
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Must enrichment

A

Addition of sugar or RCGM to grape juice

121
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Must weight

A

Density of grape juice prior to fermentation

122
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Overproof

A

Any spirit that is higher in ETOH than proof spirit

123
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Passito

A

Italian

124
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PDO

A

Higher grade of GI

125
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Petit Chateau

A

One of the many brands that fall outside the classifications in Bordeaux

126
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PGI

A

Lower grade of GI

127
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Photosynthesis

A

Plants convert carbon dioxide and water to sugar

128
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Pipe

A

Tradition cask

129
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Pot still

A

Copper

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Pradikat

A

Various subcategories of German and Austrian PDO wines

131
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German and PDO wines

A

Kabinett

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Primary aromas

A

Aromas that arise directly from the fruit

133
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Pupitre

A

Rack with holes to hold necks of sparkling wine

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Racking

A

Drawing off clear wine from a cask/vat

135
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Recioto

A

Similar to passito

136
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Rectifier

A

Second column of a Coffey or patent still

137
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Remuage

A

‘Riddling’

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Residual sugar

A

Unfermented sugar remaining in wine after bottling

139
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Riserva

A

Italian

140
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Scion

A

Section of plant material grafted on to rootstock

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Secondary aromas

A

Aromas in a wine that arise from the winemaking

142
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Selection (German)

A

Quality dry wines from single vienard sites

143
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Selection de Grains Nobles

A

Sweet wines that made from heavily botryitised grapes

144
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Site Climate

A

The climate of a plot of vines, vineyard or part of a vineyard

145
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Smaragd

A

Wachau

146
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Solera

A

Fractional blending

147
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Spur

A

One year old wood pruned short

148
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Steinfeder

A

Wachau

149
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Straight whiskey

A

US

150
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Spatlese

A

Pradikat wine category

151
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Stravecchio

A

Very old

152
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Strohwein/Schifwein

A

Sweet wine made from grapes dried on straw or reed mats

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Sulfur Dioxide

A

Highly reactive pungent gas

154
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Super Second

A

Bordeaux chateaux

155
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Sur pointe

A

Ageing of a bottle of sparkling wine neck down

156
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Suss

A

German

157
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Sussreserve

A

German

158
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Taille

A

French

159
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Tank method

A

Secondary fermentation takes place under pressure in a sealed tank

160
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Tartaric acid

A

Responsible for most of wine’s acidity.

161
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Tertiary Aroma

A

Due to the effects of ageing

162
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Traditional Method

A

The wine is sold in the same bottle in which the secondary fermentation took place

163
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Transfer method

A

An adaption of the traditional method

164
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Trellis

A

Man-made system of support for vine

165
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Trockenbeerensauslese

A

Pradikat category

166
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Vendage

A

The grape harvest in France

167
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Vendage tardive VT

A

Alsace

168
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Veraison

A

When a grape begins to change colour

169
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Vin de paille

A

Wine made from grapes that have been dried

170
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Vino generoso

A

Spain

171
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Volatile Acidity

A

Acid that is detectable on the nose and palate

172
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Wash

A

Any ETOHic liquid resulting from fermentation of wort

173
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Wort

A

Sweet sugar solution

174
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Yeast

A

A number of single-celled micro-organisms

175
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Yeast Autolysis

A

Breakdown of dead yeast cells

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