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Shortening
Cooking fat made by hydrogenation of vegetable oil, or by combination of meat fat and vegetable oil.
Short: Describes a wine that does not remain on the palate after swallowing.
Simple: Describes a wine with few characteristics that follow the initial impression. Not necessarily unfavourable; often describes an inexpensive, young wine.
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Term for a wine
which does not remain on the palate
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Short
Refers to finish, or aftertaste, when it ends abruptly.
Silky
Smooth, sinuous texture and finish.
Short: A wine with no length of flavour.
Sweet: More than fruity; pertaining to sugar.
Short: A wine with no length of finish or flavour is described a short.
Soft: A wine with mild tannin or acid sensation with no harshness on the palate and after-palate is called soft.
Short - A descriptive term that describes a wine which has no lingering aftertaste or finish.
Soft - A term applied to a wine that is not bright, crisp or high in acid.
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short: A wine that lacks persistent flavour following swallowing.
solera: A system employed in the production of fortified wines whereby wines of different ages are blended to achieve consistency of style.
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One of the most important measures of quality in fine wine is how long the flavors stay in your mouth after swallowing or spitting. A short wine is one of poor quality, that does not linger.
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Finish or aftertaste that doesn't last. Opposite of "long" or "lingering." Persisting only briefly on the palate after tasting.
Silky
Delicately smooth and harmonious.
Short. A tasting term to denote a wine which does not remain on the palate after swallowing - see Finish.
Short-term wine storage is quite easy. Keep your short-term wines away from areas of vibration (i.e. the top of the refrigerator), lay the bottles on their sides to keep the corks moist, ...
Shortbread: Okay with the Spumante but terrible with the Rieslings and port.
Animal Treasures: Okay with the Spumante and port, because of the chocolate backside.
Peanut Butter Patties: Great with the Spumante, but not with the others wines.
Short for appellation controlee, part of the French system that classifies wines according to their geographical origin.
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In short, it's a way to identify certain characteristics and to describe it in a manner that is commonly understood.
In short, even though I've also occasionally spoken with some sentiment about the cork's long tradition, the romance of the corkscrew, ...
The short, wide "sherbet" type of glass is beyond passé! Never use them for anything but dessert. They 1) dissipate the bubbles quickly so the Champagne goes flat; 2) they don't display the beautiful bubbles well; and 3) they leave no room for the ...
Short for Appellation d'Origine Contrőlée (sometimes Appellation Contrőlée abbreviated as AC). Translates literally to protected place, name, and is the official French category for higher-ranking wines.
This short list does not quite complete the grand cru run-down, though, as there is one more site to consider. Although predominantly within the neighbouring commune of Chambolle, there is a small section of Bonnes-Mares within the Morey boundary.
Hire the short bus from Foothills Area Rapid Transit and invite 13 other friends for a private wine tasting without the driving.
DOC (short for Denominazione Di Origine Controllata) Italy's regulatory wine system set up in 1963.
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Also known as, Testa.
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Normally a short, pyramid-shaped cigar, 5 or 5 1/2 inches in length with a shorter, .
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Jerez
Short for Jerez de la Frontera, the centre of Spain's sherry region.
Jug Wine
Term used primarily in California to describe the most basic sort of generic table wine, an American counterpart to vin ordinaire in Europe.
Spur: A shortened stub of cane, usually formed by pruning the cane to a length of only two to four nodes (buds). Spurs are obvious in the spring, after pruning but before new growth obscures the pruners' handiwork.
The time-saving shortcut instead of using frozen concentrate is to buy pasteurized grape juice with no additives, sugar, and champagne yeast. The juice is already sanitary in its plastic half gallon bottle at the supermarket.
Sulphite
The short name for sodium or potassium metabisulphite, an effective preservative preventing oxidation and spoilage. Recommended doses should not be exceeded
Sulphur Dioxide
A substance used in winemaking as a preservative.
Some adaptation is short-term; recovery and return to the degree of sensitivity prior to exposure may only take a few minutes.
harsh, hot, soft, lingering, short, smooth or nonexistent. See also "Finish".
Aroma: Refers to the particular smell of the grape variety, i.e. appley, raisiny, fresh or floral.
Assertive: Upfront, forward.
Attractive: A lighter style.
Rosé wine drawn from a black grape tank at the end of a short time of maceration.
SAINT-PIERRE
White Type of vine giving an acid wine which one finds in Allier area.
SALMANAZAR
Giant Bottle containing the equivalent of 12 ordinary bottles.
Short A wine with well develop aromas and mouthfeel but has a finish that is little to non-existent due to the fruit quickly disappearing after swallowing.
Bud (very enlarged); below, the pedicel; above, a widening formed by the short tube of joined sepals; higher up, the obovoid body formed by the five petals visible by their curving edges.
White Ports are usually sweet and shortly aged in casks. Red Ports are generally produced with grapes Tinta Barroca, Tinta Roriz, known in Spain as Tempranillo, Tinto Cão, Touriga Francesa and Touriga Nacional.
Cabernet Generally this is shorthand for Cabernet Sauvignon particularly when blended with another grape - such as Shiraz. But, especially in Italy, it is a catch all for Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon.
GRENACHE: Once widely known under the alias name Alicante, not to be confused with the shortened name for the late nineteenth century cross Alicante Bouschet.
The potentially lighter Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Carmignano and Rosso di Montalcino tend to open earlier (around 5 years of age) but have a shorter life span of 8 to 10 years.
In order to balance out these temperature variations, you can greatly improve your wine drinking experience by chilling your red wines and warming your white wines for short periods of time just before serving.
Cotes-du-Rhone (COAT- duh - RONE) - or "CDR" for short - is found under many brand names, and usually a blend dominated by the grapes Syrah and Grenache (although several other grapes can be contained, including but not limited to Mourvedre, Cinsault, ...
It should not be confused with the shortened name for the late nineteenth century cross Alicante Bouschet. Grenache is currently widely grown in Spain, (where it is known under the name Garnacha), the south of France and also in California.
Transfer Process: short cut to the Méthode Champenoise which involves a secondary fermentation in a small bottle; here, though, the clearing/separation of the yeasts is handled in a batch-method rather than individually.
Rose is made by fermenting the juice of red grapes with their skins for a short time only. To make white wine, the grapes are pressed and the juice is fermented without the skins.
If you simply want to keep a mixed case of wine around the house for a short time - and you should - find a place in the dark with a fairly constant, moderate temperature. The bottom of a closet is often fine.
We've grouped some of the shorter answers into our FAQ section. Wines, like opinions, are meant to be shared. At My Wines Direct we value your questions, suggestions and participation. Send us your feedback and story ideas.
This event will happen at friend's house (or your place, if you happen to draw the short end of the stick), and expecctastions and formality are thrown out the window.
Usually it's made by crushing red wine grapes, then leaving the dark skins in contact with the juice for a much shorter time than they would be for a red wine, so that the wine takes on only a pink coloring.
Oceanic and temperate with short, mild winters, quite hot summers, long autumns and a high degree of humidity generated by the Atlantic Ocean
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Grape Varieties and Blending
A short list of the grapes to use and how to blend.
Flaws and Faults in Wine
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"Quality-Price Ratio," a term primarily used as a shortcut in online wine talk, a favorable reference to a wine of particularly good value. Sometimes seen as "PQR."
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Ahso - Insert the longer prong of the ah-so between the cork and the bottle and, while applying slight downward pressure, rock the prong back and forth until the shorter prong can also be inserted between the cork and the bottle.
Those rosé and dry red wines that will not improve with long cask and bottle aging are aged for a short period of time, clarified, and then bottled.
Susan Ertz (1894 - 1985),
English (American-born) short story writer and novelist.
"I feast on wine and bread, and feasts they are."
Michelangelo (1475-1564),
Renaissance sculptor,
architect, painter, and poet.
Rosé wines - Pink wines that are produced from the shortened contact of red wine juice with its skins, reducing the red colour of the wine. These wines can also be made by blending a small amount of red wine with white wine.
An outstanding wine of exceptional complexity and character. In short, these are terrific wines.
80 - 89:
A barely above average to very good wine displaying various degrees of finesse and flavor as well as character with no noticeable flaws.
Having been in the wine business for quite some time now I have no shortage of folks asking me how they should learn, or learn more, about wine. My answer is always the same, respectively, drink it or drink it more.
HOLLOW: Describes a wine that has a first taste and a short finish, and lacks depth in the middle. No body!
HOT: High alcohol wines that tend to burn on the finish are called hot. Can be acceptable in fortified wines.
Transfer Method:Technique for making sparkling wine in which, after the second fermentation in the bottle and a short period of sur lie aging (but before riddling), the wine is transferred-with sediment-to a pressurized tank.
In short, this type of tasting tells you more about the producers than about the vintage since you are comparing different wineries rather than different years.
Gruner, as it's called for short, shows distinct white pepper, tobacco, lentil and citrus flavors and aromas, along with high acidity, making it an excellent partner for food.
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