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Vendange (France)
Harvest.
Vendange tardive (France)
Delayed harvest. Wines labelled as such usually have a sweet palate.

 


Vendange tardive (VT)
French term for late harvest.
Vertical and horizontal wine tasting
In a horizontal tasting, the wines are all from the same vintage but are from different wineries.

Vendange: n.f. French term for grape harvest. vendanger v.tr.: to harvest the grapes of (a vineyard, etc.). vendangeur n.m.,f. -euse: grape picker, harvester.
Veneto: A large wine-producing region in northern Italy.

vendange: (French) vintage vendemmia (Italian) vindemia (Spanish)
vendange tardive: (French) Late harvest.

Vendange - (VawN-dawN)
French for "vintage." (Vendange Tardive ["Tahr-Deev"] is "late harvest" or "delayed harvest".)
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Vendange
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Vendange:French term for harvest.
Vendange Tardive:French term for late harvest.

Ban de vendanges a prefectural decree which, each year, lays down the date on which the grape harvest may begin in each district. Barrel the oak barrels used for élevage may be new or used.

BAN DES VENDANGES (AUTORISATION OF THE GRAPE HARVEST)
Dates authorizing the beginning from the grape harvest; often occasion of festivals.
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White Type of vine of Béarn giving a wine of guard.
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Valle d'Aosta or Vallée d'Aoste (Bianco or Blanc in the specific styles normale and Vendemmia Tardiva or Vendange Tardive); Rosato or Rosé; Rosso or Rouge in the specific styles normale and Novello or Nouveau); ...

Two great Alsatian wines - as well as rare - are the Vendange Tardive and Sélection de Grains Noble, ...

The Ottawa Wine Tasting of 2005 was a wine competition sponsored by the Vendange Institute of Ottawa and included 35 expert tasters. A total of 18 wines were blind tasted and ranked ordinally: six each from Bordeaux, Ontario and British Columbia.

Designation appearing on bottles (in French, Vendange Tardive) where grapes were allowed to hang on the vine beyond physiological maturity. This over-ripens grapes, usually producing wines that are high in ALCOHOL and off-dry to sweet.

Vendange (Canandaigua Wine Co. [Constellation]), USA
William Wycliff (E & J Gallo), USA
Martini & Rossi Vermouth (Bacardi USA, Inc.), Italy
Glen Ellen (The Wine Group), USA
Fetzer Vineyards (Brown-Forman), USA ...

Quarts de Chaume / Alsace Vendange Tardives / Muscat de Mireval
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Maury / Bonnezeaux / Muscat de Lunel ...

This is appropriate for making sweet, dessert style wines. Some Late Harvest wines are almost dry, opting for increased alcohol and intensity rather than sweetness, as in the Alsatian "vendange tardive" (French for late harvest).

The wine will probably be quite sweet, although in some cases may have been fermented to dryness, in which case the potential alcohol will be higher. The French term for this is 'vendange tardive', in German it is 'spätlese'.

wine from Alsace in Northern France is marked by its fruity, grapey but dry palate and in exceptional years an outstanding wine harvested late in the season with longliving qualities and a very high alcohol content is produced, known as Vendange ...

Vendange (French) The harvest or vintage.
Vendage Tardive (french) : late harvest.
Vigneron (French): Vine grower.
Vin de pays (french) : country wine of a level higher than table wine.
Vin de table (French) : Table wine.

See also: Wine, Grape, Harvest, Vineyard, Region