Organically-grown Grapes
Any prospect for producing a glass of organic wine starts in the vineyards. It's also the easiest place to be organic.
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Designation of Origin
Various European countries bestow the honor Controlled Designation of Origin on foodstuffs .
Organic Coffee
Coffee that has been certified by a third-party agency as having been grown without the use of pesticides, herbicides or similar chemicals.
Organic Viticulture
Organic viticulture is applied to winemakers who wish to rely less on pesticides, fertilisers and chemicals generally speaking.
Organic Viticulture
Like any other branch of agriculture, some winemakers wish to rely less on fertilisers, pesticides and other chemicals. Those that meet certain criteria may be labelled as organic.
Organic. All things organic are hot these days and wines made from organically grown grapes are no exception, along with wines grown with biodynamic or sustainable agriculture. They are also improving in quality.
Organic: Grapes grown without the aid of chemical-based fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides.
Oxidized: A wine that is no longer fresh because it was exposed to too much air, turning it a brownish color.
Organic Acids - The natural acids in wine include tartaric, malic, and citric. Lactic acid will exist if malolactic fermentation has been completed. Without sufficient acid, wines taste flat, age poorly and are more likely to spoil.
Organic Wine: Wine processed from grapes free of chemical pesticides or fertilizers.
Oxidation: Generally occurs in young and fruity white wine and turns them flat and brown in color, common in homemade wine.
Organic: Broad, general term for "earthy," "forest floor," "cheesy," "leather," "barnyard" and related aromas and flavors.
Over the hill: A wine that's been kept too long (or poorly) and is no longer enjoyable.
Organic Viticulture
The approach some winemakers take when they rely less or not at all on synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, and other chemicals. Those that meet certain criteria may be labeled as organic.
Organic, ripe natural cheese aromas, almost always a flaw, typically indicating filthy wine making and an unwanted secondary fermentation in the bottle.
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Organic
All encapsulating term used to describe the natural way of farming as opposed to the industrial way which favours manufactured fertilisers and sprays.
Organic Wine: The rules and methods for producing organic grapes and wine are still evolving. The answer usually depends on the country of origin and the various governing organizations involved.
This organic acid is found in all wines, usually at minimal levels, and can accentuate aromas and flavours. Too much can result in volatile acidity, which gives wines pungent - often unpleasant - aromas and flavours like those found in vinegar.
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"Earthy," "organic" character reminiscent of country lanes. Expected in red Burgundies, and in proportion, considered desirable.
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Malic acid
The organic acid found in apples, grapes and wine. Malic acid is converted to lactic acid during malolactic fermentation.
Lactic Acid
An organic acid produced in wine during malolactic fermentation, where strong malic acid is converted to softer lactic acid. Lactic acid is also found in milk.
anthocyansNatural organic chemical compounds responsible for the red, blue and purple colours of grapes and wine. Incude anthocyanins, anthocyanidins and pro-anthocyanidins.
It is the oldest non-chemical agricultural movement, predating the organic agriculture movement by some twenty years and has now spread throughout the world.
An organic acid produced in wine from malic acid during malolactic fermentation.
Lean
A wine is lacking in density and structure
Lees
A heavy sediment primarily consisting of dead yeast cells and grape pulp.
Limousin ...
Fetzer Vineyards--Producer of organically farmed wines invites you on a virtual tour of our Mendocino facilities
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Polyphenols are group of organic chemicals that includes wine tannins.
Pomace
Pomace is solid residue remaining after pressing the grapes. It is composed of skins, stems, and seeds.
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Strong slopes with equatorward aspects tend to have soil organic matter levels and seasonal influences similar to level slopes at lower elevation whereas poleward aspects have soil development similarities to level soils at higher elevations.
Biodynamic Viticulture: Think of it as super-organics - t he highest tier of organic farming, biodynamic wine (BDW) uses different compost preparation techniques than all other forms of agriculture.
While several other volatile acids (those organic acids separable by distillation) - lactic, succinic, and propionic - occur in wine, Volatile Acidity commonly (but inaccurately) is used to refer to both acetic acid and ethyl acetate.
Powers is a "sister" label to Badger Mountain, a 100% organic vineyard also in Columbia Valley (in fact, it was the FIRST vineyard in Washington to be Certified Organic, back in 1990).
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Malic acid: A natural organic acid that occurs in ripe grapes at relatively high concentrations. It is the second most abundant organic acid in most vinifera varieties. Tartaric acid, of course, is the primary grape acid in nearly all varieties.
Individual flavors may also be detected, due to the complex mix of organic molecules such as esters and terpenes that grape juice and wine can contain. Tasters often can distinguish between flavors characteristic of a specific grape (e.g.
One big push in winemaking today is to be organic and biodynamic. No industrial strength pesticides that run-off into the Pacific Ocean and poison the tuna you're eating tonight. No chemical fertilizers that were invented in a laboratory at UC Davis.
Alcohol is an organic chemical that combines carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms. They are formed in a particular way so that there is an -OH group in the molecule. The ingredient in wine, beer, and other spirits is ethyl alcohol, also called ethanol.
11 oz/300g fragrant (scented) rose petals from an organic, non-sprayed source
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The soils which are a component of the best terroirs in France are often low in organic matter and quite poor. The vigour and yield of the vines is thus naturally restricted.
Esters: Esters are compounds of alcohol and organic acids that give flavours and bouquet to a wine.
Estery: Estery is the fruity odour developing from the slow formation of esters in the wine.
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Acidity of a wine calculated as the sum of its non-free organic and mineral acids.
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Wine contains 85 to 90% water.
It also comprises ethyl acid resulting from yeasts fermentation. All wine incorporate some acidity from organic acids among which is tartric acid characteristic of grape.
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Heces (sediment) Solid particles deposited on the bottom of the receptacle containing wine due to decantation, or once fermentation is completed. In wine tasting, advanced organic material that gives off very disagreeable, putrid odours.
Its color is dark brown, it is pretty rich in organic substances, however its grapes produce less delicate wines
Arenas - soil of yellow-reddish color because of the presence of iron oxides, it is typical in the north-eastern area.
and developed, peduncle long, herbaceous and thin, medium berry, ellipsoidal regular, with pruinose blue verging on black. rather thin and not very consistent. It prefers soils with fresh and sunny, not subject to drought, deep and low in organic ...
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