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Bin Ends is a fun wine-tasting group, who meet on a monthly basis in Edgbaston, Birmingham. The tasting schedule is varied, and in recent months has included: Bordeaux, South Africa, Italy and Southern France.
Penfolds 2000 Bin 389 South Australia Cabernet Shiraz ($17.79)
Inky dark purple, almost black, with garnet glints showing when you hold it to a bright light.
Bin number (Australia)
A bin is a storage area in a wine cellar. With each successive harvest, wines were allocated the same bin year after year.
Bin Number: See also cask number.
Bite: A marked degree of acidity or tannin. An acid grip in the finish should be more like a zestful tang and is tolerable only in a rich, full-bodied wine.
Bin
To store bottled wine for further aging, before its release for sale.
Bin
A collection of wine bottles stacked on top of each other. Hence the term 'bin end' sale, when a merchant gets rid of their last few bottles of a particular wine.
BIN NUMBER
See also cask number.
BIODYNAMIC CULTIVATION
An organic approach to viticulture, influenced by the theories of Rudolph Steiner. It's the most ideological of the organic systems and includes elements of astronomy.
Bin Number:A term sometimes used to designate special wines, but often applied to ordinary wines to identify a separate lot or brand.
Another kind of indication that could be frequently found in Australian wine labels is the term bin followed by a number.
Once the crew is in the vineyard, it's amazing how fast they can go through, pick the fruit, throw it in the bin and get through the vineyard. These guys are true artisans.
It can range in style from the round and fruity Bin 65 of Australia's Lindeman winery and the inexpensive offerings of California's Napa Ridge, to the slightly heavier oak-barrel-aged offerings of Beringer, ...
He has a priceless bin of port in some artful cellar under the Fields, which is one of his many secrets.
Each and every flagon of his 'Private Bin' would be considered by the majority of us to be swill. They all reeked of vinegar and a few even had a distinctive smell of nail polish remover thrown in for good measure.
Picture a huge plastic bin with a mixture of crushed grapes and juice with a layer of crushed wet skins on top. The skins tend to rise to the surface of the mixture, forming a layer on top.
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Then, remarkably, I found a dusty bottle of Ducru Beaucaillou in the discount bin of Shop Rite Liquors, for a few dollars more than the Yellow Tail Cabernet Sauvignon I'd already picked up.
Another variation on "green" or "herbaceous," typically used in conjunction with "dill" to denote a red wine with a marked American oak character, like Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon.
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