Medium-dry
A term to indicate slight sweetness in wines that are not quite dry.
Medium sweet
A term to indicate the perceived level of sweetness in wines that are not fully sweet.
Medium-dry :
Contrary to popular belief, this term does not refer to a dry Champagne, but a rather sweet Champagne.
Médoc : ...
Medium-dry: A term to indicate the perceived sweetness of wines that are slightly sweet.
Medium-dry Wine containing some residual sugar.
Medium-sweet Considerable residual sugar.
The French term for medium-dry.
Digestif
A digestif is an alcoholic drink served at the end of the meal, often after dessert. Wines served as digestifs are often sweeter and higher in alcohol content than the wines consumed with the meal.
Demi- Sec
The French term for medium-dry.
Disgorging
A part of the process of making sparkling wine. The dead yeast from the second fermentation is frozen in the neck of the bottle. When the bottle is opened, this mass comes out.
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.
Halbtrocken - Half-dry, "off-dry" or medium-dry
(also the term "feinherb" can be found on some bottles of German Riesling, this term also means "medium-dry").
Amontillado
a particular style of medium-dry Sherry
Amphora
sealed clay vessel used to store wine in Roman times ...
It comes in several styles, including dry (sercial), medium-dry (bual), medium-sweet (verdelho) and sweet (malmsey).
The level ranges from a full dry wine, where all sugar has been converted to alcohol, to a medium-dry wine that contains some residual sugar. An 'off dry' wine contains a relatively small amount of sugar.
RAINWATER
Generic name used for a medium-dry style of Madeira, whose origin is a little sketchy but thought to have come from 18th century England ...
Rainwater: A style of Madeira. The origin of the name is unclear, but it emerged in England in the 18th century. Currently a generic name for a medium-dry Madeira.
 See also: Sweet, Bottle, Medium, Dry, Taste
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