Originally founded in 1703 as the Ordre de la Boisson (Order of the Drink), and resurrected under its current name in 1934, the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin (translatable as Brotherhood of Knights of Wine-Tasting Cups) is an exclusive ...
Tastevin (tahst-van)
A flat, usually silver, cup that was once used to taste and evaluate wine. Since it is flat like a saucer, it is almost useless for smelling the wine.
Tastevin :
Silver cup which is used for wine tasting, especially in Bourgogne
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Tastevin: The silver tasting cup used by the Sommelier to taste the wine before pouring for the customer.
Tempranillo: The most popular red grape in Spain; common in Rioja and Ribera del Duero.
Tastevin (taht-van)
shallow silver tasting cup used in Burgundy
Tavel (tah-vell)
wine village in the Rhőne producing popular dry rosé ...
Tastevin
If you ask to taste a wine in a restaurant, the sommelier will bring you your sample in a shallow silver or gold cup, called a tastevin.
Tastevins: Invented for tasting in dark cellars, these small, silver tasting dishes have grooves in the basin making for visual clarity of wine in darkness. In modern times, these tasting glasses are favored by auspicious sommeliers.
Tastevin: A small saucer-shaped cup used by wine stewards for tasting wine.
Tears: Oiliness left in the glass by a wine rich in alcohol, sugars and glycerin.
Thief: A syringe used for taking wine samples from the hole in a barrel.
Tastevin: A small saucer-shaped cup used by wine stewards for tasting wine. Usually made of highly polished silver, the cup has ridges and small crevices that allow the taster to llok at the color and clarity of the wine.
Tastevin. Small, flat silver wine cup used for tasting by Sommeliers.
Varietal. Term for grape variety.
Vin de Pays. Wine of the country. An everyday table wine.
Tastevin:A shallow saucer still used by some sommeliers and wine merchants to taste wine.
TASTEVINAGE
Label granted by the brotherhood of the Knights of Tastevin to certain Burgundian wines.
TERROIR (SOIL)
Territory separating by certain determining physical characteristics for its wine.
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Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin
French wine
Sources
Franson, P. Labels Gone Wild. The Wine Enthusiast, March, 2006, pages 28-33.
Robinson, Jancis. Cheap at half the price? Wine, 2006 (February-March), 6(3), 30-31.
Today the buildings, restored after World War II when they served as a hiding place for many, remain impressive, and they are home to the celebrated Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin, ...
The wine sample is then disgorged into a wineglass or shallow "tastevin" cup held ready for use by the taster. (Cooks will recognize the similarity to the kitchen implement known as a "turkey baster").
Tastevin traditional wine-taster's cup, usually made of silver. Tasting two kinds are common in wine: "horizontal" tastings, in which a number of wines of the same year are sampled, ...
 See also: Wine, Taste, White, Bottle, Region
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