Drying Out: Losing fruit (or sweetness in sweet wines) to the extent that acid, alcohol or tannin dominate the taste. At this stage the wine will not improve.
Drying Out
Describes wine that has reached maturity and begun to decline, losing its fruit flavour (or sweetness in a sweet wine); the wine becomes unbalanced as acid, alcohol or tannin begin to dominate.
Astringent
The "puckerish" quality of high tannin content, which has the effect of drying out the mouth. Many young red wines are astringent because of tannin.
Austere
Somewhat hard, with restrained fruit and character.
Turn your bottles - Turn your bottles periodically to keep the cork from drying out.
Watch the humidity levels of the room - Too low humidity levels will dry out the cork.
This early-morning moisture engenders the development of mould on the grapes, activating dormant spores of Botrytis cinerea, and provided the mists evaporate each day, drying out the vines and their fruit, ...
Capsule: The protective metal or plastic sheath over the cork and neck of a wine bottle. The capsule keeps the cork from drying out and admitting air into the bottle.
This ensures that wine is always in contact with the cork, preventing the cork from drying out and the subsequent ingress of oxygen, which would ultimately spoil the wine.
The sunny, warm weather continued throughout much of the summer, although enough rain fell to prevent the crop from drying out.
swings and vibration, although there's a lack of scientific evidence about how these different environmental conditions affect wine and precisely which the critical parameters are. Humidity is also thought to be important to stop the cork drying out.
 See also: Wine, Taste, Light, Quality, Sweet
  
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