You know the deal, the more some folks learn about a topic, the more shortcuts/slang/acronyms/initials/technical jargon can be tossed around. I’m here to help you understand those sometimes mysterious words and phrases, thus – Wine Words Demystified! This week’s word/phrase is Botrytis According to Karen MacNeil‘s The Wine Bible: A beneficial fungus, also known as noble rot, which is necessary to…
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Wine Words Demystified: Hot
What does the wine descriptor “hot” mean?
Wine Words Demystified: Residual Sugar
What is “residual sugar”, and why it matters…
Wine Words Demystified: Garigue
You know the deal, the more some folks learn about a topic, the more shortcuts/slang/acronyms/initials/technical jargon can be tossed around. I’m here to help you understand those sometimes mysterious words and phrases, thus – Wine Words Demystified! This week’s phrase is Garigue.. According to Karen MacNeil‘s The Wine Bible: A word used to describe the arid landscape of Provence and the…
Wine Words Demystified: Wine Diamonds
You know the deal, the more some folks learn about a topic, the more shortcuts/slang/acronyms/initials/technical jargon can be tossed around. I’m here to help you understand those sometimes mysterious words and phrases, thus – Wine Words Demystified! This week’s phrase is Wine Diamonds.. According to Karen MacNeil‘s The Wine Bible: Tasteless, odorless, harmless salts of tartaric acid that can precipitate…
Wine Words Demystified: Punt
What is a punt?!
Wine Words Demystified: Corked
You know the deal, the more some folks learn about a topic, the more shortcuts/slang/acronyms/initials/technical jargon can be tossed around. I’m here to help you understand those sometimes mysterious words and phrases, thus – Wine Words Demystified! This week’s word is Corked… According to Karen MacNeil‘s The Wine Bible: A term used to describe a wine that smells like a wet…
Wine Words Demystified: Old World
You know the deal, the more some folks learn about a topic, the more shortcuts/slang/acronyms/initials/technical jargon can be tossed around. I’m here to help you understand those sometimes mysterious words and phrases, thus – Wine Words Demystified! This week’s word is Old World… According to Karen MacNeil‘s The Wine Bible: Old World refers to those countries where wine first flourished, namely…
Wine Words Demystified: Meritage
What does meritage mean?
Wine Words Demystified:Finish
What does the term “finish” mean when it comes to why? And why it’s important…