Aperitif
When you're out for dinner, your host may offer you an aperitif before dinner. If you say yes, they'll give you a small glass of wine, flavored with herbs and spices, like vermouth, for example.
Aperitif: Any alcoholic beverage such as Champagne, Vermouth, or white wine that is taken before a meal as an "appetizer".
Aperitif:
Any wine drunk before eating,
ostensibly to induce
appetite, but in fact
as an excuse to start drinking early.
Aperitif. Any wine served before a meal. Traditionally, aperitifs were vermouths or other similar wines flavored with herbs and spices.
Aperitif
Wine consumed as a before-dinner drink.
Appearance
Generally the first category by which wines are judged in a sensory evaluation. The wine's clarity and colour are the primary factors evaluated.
aperitif:Any beverage served before a meal intended to stimulate the appetite. They include dry sherry and vermouth, and lighter bodied sparkling and botrytised wines.
Aperitif
An aperitif is an alcoholic drink served before the meal to stimulate the appetite. It's usually dry, relatively low in alcohol and is often served chilled for refreshment.
Aperitif
A French term referring to a light alcoholic drink taken before a meal to stimulate .
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Aperitif. a wine served before a meal.
Appellation. Official name referring to a wine's geographic region of origin.
Aroma. The smell of a wine. Some people use the term aroma for younger wines; bouquet for those that have been aged.
APERITIF: Appetizer wine.
ARGOLS: (See Cream Of Tartar). The beautiful, harmless, tiny glass-like crystals that sometimes appear in bottles of wine, sometimes attached to the cork.
Aperitif
This term applies to an alcoholic drink, usually a wine that is sometimes consumed with small snacks, or hors d'oeuvres, prior to a meal and is designed to heighten the appetite.
Aperitif
A wine-based product to be drunk before a meal to whet one's appetite, such as Vermouth, Lillet and Dubonnet.
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The first aperitif formulation, sweet red vermouth, was created in Turin in the 1700's. The French were not far behind, developing a dry version later that century.
Any of several aperitifs made by adding brandy to unfermented grape juice. The best known example may be the Pineau de Charentes of the Cognac region, although Ratafias are found in the Champagne and Burgundy regions of France as well.
WINE MATCH: Any aperitif-style wine would work well with this kind of pre-prandial snack, but I find that dry sparkling wine works spectacularly well with salty snack foods, from popcorn to, well, Cheez-Its.
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An apéritif is an alcoholic drink usually enjoyed as an appetizer before a large meal. It is often served with something small to eat, like olives or crackers.
I like this as an aperitif or cocktail wine, but it also has the versatility to enjoy with lean and/or spicy dishes as suggested. You might call it the poor man's Conundrum, with its fruit salad -like character.
Aperitif French word for drinks served before a meal; often these are light, dry white wines. Appellation since the appellation ties the product to its place of origin, the word "appellation" may mean either a wine or a wine-growing locality.
Generoso - A fortified aperitif or dessert wine
Jerez de la Frontera - The principal Sherry wine town, located in southwest Spain in the province of Cádiz.
Typically enjoyed as a dessert wine, Moscato can also be served as an aperitif, afternoon thirst quencher or Sunday brunch accompaniment.
A glass of sparkling wine makes a festive aperitif for any occasion, special or not. Drop a couple of raspberries into each glass, or add a half teaspoon of raspberry liqueur for a rosy glow.
Dry whites are perfect in an aperitif and go very well with sea-food and chicken.
Sweet wines are generally served with a desert. Connoisseurs appreciate the Sauternes as an aperitif or with foie gras.
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What can I serve as an aperitif other than Champagne?
A light, fruity white such as a sparkling Moscato d'Asti, a medium German Riesling or a Fino sherry are all perfect as an alternative to bubbly.
APERTIF WINE
Traditionally, aperitifs are vermouths or other similar wines flavored with herbs and spices. Usually served before a meal.
APPEARANCE
This term refers to a wine's clarity, not the wines color.
Outside Italy, it is most often drunk as an aperitif, much like Champagne. Like other sparkling wines, Prosecco is served chilled.
It is usually served as a chilled aperitif. It should be consumed as young as possible because it will begin to oxidize within a year of bottling. The entire bottle should be consumed within a week of opening.
Nutty
Exhibiting aromas or flavors that suggest nuts, desirable in dessert or aperitif wines such as sherry.
Oaky
Toasty, smoky or vanilla smells and flavors contributed by the oak during barrel aging.
White Port: A heavy aperitif wine, varying in style, often with a hint of oxidation.
Extra dry - middle of the road dry, not as dry as Brut (great as an aperitif)
Demi-sec - pretty sweet (pair with fruit and dessert) ...
Manzanillas have a hint of saltiness and go well with shellfish or just by itself as an aperitif. It's lower in alcohol, delicate and should be chilled and finished in a couple of days.
AOC - Abbreviation for Appellation d'Origine Contrőlée, a French term for a governed wine region.
Aperitif - A wine that is either drunk by itself or before a meal in order to stimulate the appetite.
It is a naturally soft wine, not to confuse with a sweet aperitif wine (VDN). It is elaborate starting from passerillés grapes.
 See also: Wine, White, Sweet, Grape, Dry
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