triage, French word for sorting, typically grapes for health and quality in the vineyard or as they are brought in to the winery.
triage: (French) One of the steps of the methode champenoise process whereby some fermentable sugar and yeast is added to the base wine in bottle to induce the secondary fermentation.
Triage
vigorous separation of good grapes from bad at harvest, picked over by hand
Trockenbeerenauslese
rare German wine made from specially selected overripe grapes ...
Then, before bottling, a small amount of wine, sugar and yeast is added ('liqueur de triage') to trigger a second fermentation in the bottle, where the carbon dioxide bubbles are trapped.
Triage French for "sorting." ^ back to top
V
Vendange grape harvest. Vendange verte French for "green harvest." Véraison stage in the vegetative cycle of the vine when the grapes begin to take on their final color.
 See also: Malic, Still, Must, Natural, Variety
  
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