Vin
Unless otherwise specified, wine refers to the naturally fermented juice of grapes. More broadly, the term can include alcoholic beverages created from other fruits and even vegetables.
Vin Délimité de Qualité Superieure
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Vin Délimité de Qualité Superieure (Delimited Wine of Superior Quality) is the second highest ranking of wine, after AOC under the French ranking system.
Vin gris
If red wine goes with red meat and white wine goes with white meat, what wine should be served with fast-food hamburgers?
Vin de Table - This is the laxest standard in French wine. Essentially a vin de table certifies only the producer and the fact that the wine is from France. Roughly half of all French wines earn this designation.
Vin Délimité de Qualité Supérieure
This is a classification for French wine one step above Vin de Pays, and above the lowly Vin de Table.
Vin
French term for wine.
Vine (vitis vinifera)
The plant on which grapes grow.
Vin de Grave: Also known as Vin de Graves. In English usage, refers to white wine, usually a white Bordeaux or claret.
White: A term used since the 13th century to describe wine that is clear, yellow, or pink rather than red.
Vin Bourro (van boo-rew)
The French term for a wine that has just been pressed. It is not uncommon for vineyard workers and others to consume this incredibly young wine.
Vin de pays: An official category of French wines above the level of vin de table (but lower than AOC), comprising about one quarter of the wine produced in France.
Vin
The French term for wine.
Vinegary
The "off" odor of ethyl acetate or acetic acid.
Vin Doux Naturels
The most renowned wines of Languedoc-Roussillon certainly are the ones belonging to the category of Vin Doux Naturels, naturally sweet wines.
Vin Santo: Sweet wine from Tuscany made from late-harvest Trebbiano and Malvasia grapes.
Viticulture: The science and business of growing wine grapes.
Vintage: A particular year in the wine business; a specific harvest.
vin santo: (Italian) A dessert wine made from dried grapes and barrel aged for a significant length of time. In Tuscany where it originated the wine is made from Trebbiano and Malvasia.
Vin
The French word for wine.
Viniculture
Viniculture, also known as enology or oenology, is the study of making wine and of the grapes produced for the purpose of making wine.
Vin de Presse
juice accumulated when skins and pits only are pressed after new wine has been removed
Vinho Verde
literally, green wine; young red and white wines from northern Portugal ...
Vin de table: (France) the most basic category of French wine, with no precise provenance other than country of origin given on the label.
Vine: The main stem of the vine, from which the shoots grow.
Vin: French word for wine (vino in Spanish or Italian); widely used in other languages as well.
Viña: Spanish word for vineyard. Widely used in California as part of the name of a wine property.
Grand Vin Produced with Primarily Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot Grapes ...
Grand Vin
French for 'grand or great wine,' and refers to the best quality wine made by a chateau. Many wineries make second and third labels that aren't considered as good as their grand vin.
Grand Vin
Grand Vin offers educational wine talks and enjoyable tastings tailored to your needs and budget at a...
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Vin consommé habituellement pour accompagner les repas (en opposition aux vins doux, fortifiants.) Ne pas confondre avec le vin de consommation courante.
Vin de Pays
Vin de Table
Appellation d'Origine Contrõlée (AOC) list
Suggested translation: "regulated wine of origin" ...
Vin Santo del Chianti - a field blend
Vin Santo del Chianti Classico - blend in
Vin Santo di Montepulciano - blend in ...
Vin Santo is mid-Italy's fortified wine. Most of it is made in Tuscany, but some comes from the surrounding regions. It's full bodied, but still light, and is a classic combination with biscotti or fruit.
Vin de Pays. Wine of the country. An everyday table wine.
Vintage. The year in which a wine's grapes were harvested; sometimes referring to the grape harvest itself.
Viticulture. The activity of growing grapes.
Vin de Pays:French quality classification meaning "country wine"; it is one level above vin de table.
[edit] Vin French for wine.
[edit] Viña Spanish for vineyard.
[edit] Vin de paille French for "straw wine", a dried grape wine.
"Vin de liqueur". Liqueur wine; sweet wine not meeting the lawful standards of the VDN, or wine obtained by mixture of wine and alcohol (Pineau of Charentes).
V.D.N.
Denomination reserved for the wines with AOC, obtained by mutage, i.e.
The Vacu-Vin and other brands are reverse pumps that pump air out of a bottle, leaving a partial vacuum. Many people use these devices and we sell them at Beekman's, but we really don't recommend them.
Lisettes au Vin Blanc
Alsace Sylvaner / Haut-Poitou Sauvignon / Quincy
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It is from Burgundy (decoded by the phrase in the top right corner "Vin de Bourgogne," meaning "Wine of Burgundy" in French). In Burgundy there are two main wines to know: Red Burgundy (Pinot Noir) and White Burgundy (Chardonnay).
SAUVIGNON BLANC (White) [SO-vin-yon BLAHNK]
Another white with a notable aroma, this one "grassy" or "musky.
Sauvignon Blanc (pronounced SO-vin-yawn BLONK)
As with chardonnay, the purest expression of the sauvignon blanc grape is found in France, in the Loire Valley (Sancerre and Pouilly-Fume) and Bordeaux.
Shiraz (if you are drinking an Australian wine) and Syrah (if you are drinking a wine from France or California) covers the entire spectrum of red wine's glory: from the simple, yet rich and fruity Vin de Pays of France Languedoc region, ...
The best known nouveau vin (wine) is Beaujolais Nouveau, traditionally released to the public on the fourth Thursday of November. Nouveau wines are fruity and easy to drink. They should be enjoyed within months of their release.
with other varieties and will vary in style from a sparkling white wine with a fruity musky palate as in the Clairette de Die of South-Eastern France through a dry still white wine as is the Frontignac of the Barossa Valley of South Australia, a vin ...
In the making of red wine, one talks about a "Vin de Goutte", a wine drawn directly from the barrel, in other words it is obtained before the pressing of the wine harvest. It is the opposite of "Vin de Presse" which is poured from the press.
Go red. Osoyoos Larose 2003 Le Grand Vin, Okanagan Valley is a rich Merlot from British Columbia with ripe black cherry fruit, subtle black spice and round tannins in the finish. Pair this with lamb chops, roast pork or grilled vegetables.
Place de la Comedie; Maison du Vin in the center, Bordeaux Tourism Office across street on right, Grand Theater to far right (almost out of photo), Monument aux Girondins in the background.
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Semi-classic grape used to create the celebrated "Vin jaune" of the Jura region of France. Is one of the few wines in which maderization is desirable and acquired with long bottle-aging.
Classic French cooking has creations based on Pinot Noir, such as Coq au Vin (chicken cooked in red wine) Boeuf Bourginon, and Cassoulet.
SAVAGNIN
A semi-classic grape grown in the Jura region of France. Used to create the notable Vin Jaune, a maderized wine that takes several years to mature. Possibly identical to the Traminer grape. Also called Kleyner in the Alsace region of France.
Just as French vin de table now often indicates a cutting-edge wine rather than table plonk, simple Riojas may be something new and innovative.
The second method in making blush wines is to add just a dash of red wine to white wine. Voila! La Vin Rose' ! Might be a fun dinner party trick.
Wine Reviews By Category
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The sense organs of the human nose can be educated by the use of purchased odour comparison kits known by such names as "Le Nez du Vin", "Component Collection" or "Winealyser".
Nebbiolo, Nero D'Avola, Piedmont, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Noir, Prosecco, Rioja, Ripasso, Rosé, Sangiovese, Soave, Super Tuscan (others on limited request), Syrah, Touriga Nacional, Tuscany, Valpolicella, Vermentino, Vernaccia Di San Gimignano, Vin Santo, ...
SAVAGNIN (BLANC): Semi-classic grape used to create the celebrated "Vin jaune" of the Jura region of France. Also known by the synonym name Frankisch in Austria.
The sole impact is one of high alcohol and "body" character. Little or no acid/tannin content. An everyday red wine, similar to a french "vin ordinaire" country wine sold by alcohol content, can be an example.
Silica Hydrogel
A special fining that clears wine rapidly ensuring the sediment “sticks' to the bottom of the fermentation vessel. This product is included together with freeze-dried isinglass in the Harris Vin Clear sachets.
We also found good merchants who helped bring us along and we joined the local chapter of a now-defunct international wine organization, Les Amis du Vin, to learn more through organized tastings. And we devoured wine books and toured wine regions.
 See also: Wine, Grape, Region, White, Red
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