Demi-sec: In the language of Champagne, a term relating to sweetness. It can be misleading; although demi-sec means half-dry, demi-sec sparkling wines are usually slightly sweet to medium sweet.
Demi-sec: Although the literal translation is "medium-dry", a sparkling wine with this description is actually fairly sweet, with 33 to 50 grams of sugar content per liter. Demi-sec wines were particularly popular during the 18th century.
Demi-sec
Sparkling wines that are moderately sweet to medium sweet.
Depth
The characteristic of fine wines that gives the impression of having layers of taste, rather than being one-dimensional.
Demi-Sec (France)
Medium-dry.
Denominación de Origen (Spain)
A high quality level for Spanish wine. Often abbreviated to DO. The equivalent of the French appellation contrôlée.
Demi-sec - pretty sweet (pair with fruit and dessert)
Champagne and sparkling wines are also categorized as "vintage" or "non-vintage" (NV on the label) meaning they either come from a single year or are a blend of several different years.
Demi-Sec: Demi-Sec is a very sweet French Champagnes and is not very common in the U.S.
Doux" With a resounding 5% sugar content, this Champagne is a bubbly dessert wine.
Demi-sec
Demi-sec Champagne is medium-sweet.
Dessert wine
A dessert wine can be enjoyed after a fulfilling meal. It's quite sweet, and has been fortified to give it a higher alcohol content.
Demi-sec - Moderately sweet to medium sweet sparkling wines.
Devatting - The process of separeting red must from pomace, which can happen before or after fermentation.
Dessert wine - Very sweet, high alcohol wines.
Demi-sec: (French) Medium sweet.
Depth: Refers to a wine's intensity or presence of flavour or colour.
Demi-sec
French for medium dry.
Dosage
Champagne making is a complex process. First the wine is fermented, and then a secondary fermentation takes place in the bottle.
Demi-Sec
The French term for medium-dry.
Digestif
A digestif is an alcoholic drink served at the end of the meal, often after dessert.
Demi-Sec: Medium dry, but in champagne it is medium sweet.
Deposit: The sediment of solid particles found in wine. In the case of white wines, these are often fragments of colorless crystals of tartrate.
Demi-Sec:A term describing sweetness in Champagne. It can be misleading; although demi-sec literally means "half-dry," demi-sec sparkling wines are usually slightly sweet to medium-sweet.
6) Demi-Sec (very sweet)
7) Doux* (very, very sweet)
*In some cases, you may stumble upon a sparkling wine labeled Doux. This is supposedly even sweeter than the Demi-Sec, but I've never even seen a bottle of it before.
(b) demi-sec, halbtrocken, abboccato, medium dry, halvtør, glßngqoy, semiseco, meio seco, adamado, puolikuiva, halfdroog or halvtorrt, ...
[edit] Demi-sec Moderately sweet to medium sweet sparkling wines.
[edit] Dessert wine Varies by region. In the UK, a very sweet, low alcohol wine. In the US by law, any wine containing over 15% alcohol.
demi-secA Champagne style that is semi-dry, but sweeter than sec. demijohnA large glass container-often wrapped with straw. depthThe impression of many layers of complexity in a fine wine.
Amontillados have a demi-sec taste because of the adding of a small percentage of Pedro Ximénez and few producers make this wine in the dry style ...
We opened with a South African demi-sec that would work well with a light dessert too. In an upscale restaurant in Italy you would be greeted with a glass of Prosecco and we have recommended a good one for your next Italian-theme dinner party.
Demi-Sec: quite sweet, 3.3 to 5% residual sugar. and Doux: sweet, more than 5% residual sugar. Most Champagne firms make at least three categories of wine: non-vintage, vintage, and prestige cuvée.
DEMI-SEC (MEDIUM DRY WINE)
In Champagne, effervescent wine containing from 35 to 50 grams of sugar to the liter.
DÉPOT ...
Champagnes and sparkling wines range in style from very dry (Natural), dry (brut) and slightly sweet (extra Dry) to sweet (sec and Demi-Sec).
3 1/2 oz/90g/ 1/3 cup fine/caster sugar
7 tbsp/105 ml raspberry liqueur
1 bottle dry white wine
1 bottle demi-sec sparkling wine (or champagne)
Additional rose petals to decorate, blooms also suitable ...
Brut
A French word used to describe a dry wine (usually Champagne or other sparkling wine). Other terms used to describe Champagne (with more sugar than Brut types) include sec (which still means dry) and demi-sec.
Bubbler
See Airlock.
In sparkling wines such as Champagne, however, the word takes on quite another meaning: sec indicates a relatively sweet wine (Demi-Sec even sweeter), while the driest sparkling wines are referred to as Brut.
There is a wide range of styles from which to choose to suit you taste - from dryest to sweetest they are Extra Brut (with 1.5% residual sugar), Brut, Extra Sec, Sec, Demi-Sec, and Doux (with more than 5% sugar).
Brut is a French term for dry Champagne; extra dry sparkling wines are actually sweeter than brut. Trocken is the German word for dry; halbtrocken is half-dry. Secco is Italian for dry, abboccato for slightly sweet. The French term demi-sec refers ...
You knew that already if you've checked the Brut entry. Only in Sherry can you rely on the term to mean that the wine is really dry. This is one of the confusions that surround wine for no good reason other than to keep you intimidated. See Demi-sec.
" Sec (1.7-3.5%) literally translates to "dry", but is noticeably sweet. No wonder the public is confused! Demi-Sec (3.3-5.0%) is very sweet and Doux (over 5.0%) is extremely sweet. (see our Tasting Notes) ...
or with the main meal, your best bet is to go with a dry style that is labeled "brut" (for the driest) or "extra dry" (less dry than brut). If you are saving the Champagne to be enjoyed with the wedding cake, a sweeter style, labeled "demi-sec" will ...
Its composition will determine whether the final product is brut, demi-sec, or sec. Liqueur de tirage mixture of yeasts and sugar added to sparkling wines to promote in-bottle fermentation.
 See also: Wine, Sweet, Dry, Taste, Grape
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