Chai

Chai (shay)
ground-level warehouse in Bordeaux
Chambertin (shahm-bear-tan)
Burgundy vineyard in the village of Gevrey-Chambertin ...

Chai: A French term for an aboveground structure used for wine storage and aging. Contrast with cellar. Popular in Bordeaux.

[edit] Chai A wine shed, or other storage place above ground, used for storing casks, common in Bordeaux. Usually different types of wine are kept in separate sheds.

In the chai there is similar investment; traditional equipment, such as the wooden basket press to the left, pictured in the grounds of a château in the Entre-Deux-Mers, has been superseded by newer designs.

Partie du chai, généralement au sous-sol, où sont stockés les vieux millésimes, souvent dans des petites niches (à l'origine du nom).
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CHAI (WINE STOREHOUSE)
Building located above the solet intended for the wines (synonym of storeroom) in the areas where one does not dig cellars.
CHAIR (FLESH) ...

In 1926, built the Grande Chai, a 100-meter hall that can store up to 1000 barrels.
Introduced the Mouton Cadet brand in 1932.

Heard the beauty of a cappella performed privately in a Chai over the holidays?

A warehouse in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, used for storing and aging Port. In Bordeaux, France the equivalent word would be "chai" and in the Sherry producing town of Jerez, Spain, the term is "bodega."
Loire (l'wahr) ...

Each cognac house has a master taster (maître de chai) who is responsible for creating this delicate blend of spirits, so that the cognac produced by a company today will taste exactly the same as a cognac produced by that same company 50 years ago, ...

See also: Region, Wine, Vintage, Vineyard, Grape