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How to Open a Bottle of Wine
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Open
Revealing full character. See also Developed.
OPTIMA
A recent crossing of Riesling and Sylvaner grapes with the Muller-Thurgau widely grown in the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer region of Germany. Used for blending to produce local whites.

Open up, opening up
Tasting term referring to cellar-aged mature red wines that dont immediately show much flavours but develop a beautiful bouquet after airing.

open: A wine that readily releases its aroma and flavour.
open fermentation: A fermentation conducted in vessels which are open to the air.

Open: Expressive and easy to taste; the opposite of "closed."
Oxidized: Possessing a tired or stale aroma or taste due to excessive exposure to air. An oxidized white wine may have a darker than normal or even brown color.

Open
Fully developed flavors and aromas.
Oxidized
Flat, stale or sherry-like aroma or flavor as the result of overexposure to air.

Open
Revealing full character.
Oxidized
Flat, stale or sherrylike aroma and flavor; spoiled as the result of overexposure to air.

Open: A wine that reveals a full character.
Organic: Grapes grown without the aid of chemical-based fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides.

Open
Yielding all its qualities. A fine wine, aged to the right degree, may be said to have opened out.

Open
This describes a wine that's ready to drink, often because it’s been decanted (a process of opening up the wine by exposing it to oxygen). I also think of many people as open, especially around 5 pm when they’re ready to drink.

OPEN-UP/OPENING-UP
Some bottled cellar-aged red wines possess the peculiarity that, when the cork is first pulled and the wine poured, the full flavors do not immediately make an appearance.

Open With Care
To open a bottle of sparkling wine, never aim it anyone (no matter how tempting)! There are about 3 atmospheres worth of pressure inside so the cork can pop very quickly and travel very fast.

Open-top tanks: Wine tanks without permanent covers, used only for red wine fermentation. This is the traditional design for fermenters, but modern wineries normally use only the closed-top design.

Open nose filled with forward, ripe raspberry fruit, touch of spice, and hint of earth. Smooth texture on the palate, with slightly green / unripe red berry fruit showing upfront.

Open Your Mind to "Local" Wines
Although I live along the East Coast, I find a distressing amount of consumer resistance to the idea that good wine can be grown here.

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Abierto (open) A wine with a lack of colour and one which does not have a well balanced taste.

Vat - An open topped container for holding wine during fermentation. Usually quite large and made of stainless steel, wood or fiberglass lined concrete.

The decision to open a bottle can, of course, be spontaneous. But even a simple bottle tastes better at, for instance, the right temperature. The following considerations can help enhance the pleasure of every glass:
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Young, uncomplicated red wines often display an immediate, open, fruity quality.
Full-bodied. Fat, with all elements strongly defined. See also Fat.
Gamy.

A machine that breaks open grapes, it usually de-stems them as well.
Decant
To gently pour clear wine from the bottle into a serving container (decanter or carafe) leaving the bottle sediments behind
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Part of a composite cluster (natural size) showing some open flowers and some still sheathed.
Part of the same cluster enlarged showing some bracts.

Open it and drink it! Many people are saving a special wine for that special occasion or are just saving it because they think it will get better and better.

The growing tip is open. It is only slightly hairy. The pale green young leaves are nearly hairless.
The large leaves are five lobed and deeply sinuate (see also the article leaf shape ). The stalk-shaped bay is open lyres.

Call Ahead: Some wineries are open for touring and tasting only by appointment. During harvest, visitors can also call ahead to find out when the grapes will arrive so they can watch the crush.

Even young wines can benefit from a little breathing time as it allows the wine to open up and really show what it's made of.

Rest the bottle in a basket and proceed to open the bottle.
2 A Carafe Have a clean carafe ready. Rinsing it with a little bit of the wine will be better as the chemicals in the carafe will react with the wine producing unwanted flavours.

The natural response was obvious; it was a warm day, so open the window. My next thought concerned the people below me; were they now enjoying an impromptu shower? A quick recce of the floor below revealed my room was directly above the kitchens.

tightly knit Young wines that have good acidity levels, good tannin levels, and are well made are called tightly knit, meaning they have yet to open up and develop.

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Not only the climate is cooler - a condition which favored the spreading of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir - but here producers seem to be more open minded towards other grape varieties with good results.

The goal is to allow the wine to open up and develop, releasing its aromas into the air. Ten to 30 minutes of aeration can help open tight young red wines that are meant to age.

Corkage/Uncorking/Corking Fee: Sometimes, (and I imagine a deterrent to stop people from bringing their own bottles of wine into a restaurant that sells wine) a price is charged ($5-25) to "open" a bottle of wine.

Breathe: What a wine will do once you open a bottle and expose the wine to air. In older wines it will allow for off-flavours to dissipate however, modern winemaking hygiene is making this process unnecessary.

Many winedrinkers don't want to have to wait decades before they are able to open and enjoy a bottle of wine.

But both versions indicated that there's a lot more potential down the road as they open up with age.

Many wines are still bottled and produced from grapes that are purchased on the open market, often for the lowest price.

The top is left open for sun-exposure and this method often leaves the vine in somewhat of a "goblet" shape. These vineyards can only be hand-harvested. Some head-pruned vines are converted after a time to grow on trellis wires.

The grape must falls into small ½ to 1-ton open top fermentors and the selected yeast is added. We feel the close skin to juice ratio in these small fermentors add to the wonderful extraction in our red wines.

OUVERT (OPEN)
It says itself of an opened out wine, ready to drink.
OXYDATION
Result of the action of oxygen in air on the wine. Excessive, it results in a modification of the color (onion skin for the reds) and of the bouquet.

Breathing: Oxygen entering wine, allowing it to "open-up" and soften.
Brut: french term used to describe dry champagnes (also used for sparkling wines.)
Bung: The plug that seals the opening of a wine barrel.

AERATION: The process of letting a wine "breathe" in the open air, or swirling wine in a glass. It's debatable whether aerating bottled wines (mostly reds) improves their quality.

Breathe: The process of letting a wine open up via the introduction of air.
Brix: A scale used to measure the level of sugar in unfermented grapes. Multiplying brix by .55 will yield a wine's future alcohol level.

Bottle stink: ever open a bottle of wine which, at first, smells wretched, but with Decantation, or a moment's aeration, loses the odors? Bottle stink, folks: like morning mouth.

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Rosés can be a great compromise wine for those who only want to open one bottle, but can't decide between red and wine.

Crusher
A machine that breaks open grapes and usually de-stems them as well.
Cuvee
French term for a specific blend of wines, usually of different varietals and vintages, combined to make Champagne.

Staves
oak plant dried in open air before pieced together by cooper and transformed into barrel
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Aeration: Letting a wine "breathe" before drinking it in order to soften the tannins, smooth out the wine, and allow the bouquet and flavors to open up.

If a wine stands open for more than 12 hours, it will begin to turn to vinegar as the oxygen continues to work. Whether to let a wine breathe before serving depends on the wine.

See also: Wine, Bottle, Red, White, Taste

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