A French term first used in Bordeaux in the 1990s, the word garagiste refers to an innovative (possibly renegade) professional winemaker without much financial capital, The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

A permanent, woody arm that is trained horizontally from the trunk of the vine, often along a trellis wire. The cordon will support the SHOOTS and grape CLUSTERS.

A process during red wine fermentation where the grape skins are The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Racking is the process of separating clear wine from sediment that The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

The onset of grape ripening, when grapes undergo fundamental physiological changes. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Garrigue (pronounced gah-reeg) describes both the low-lying The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Sur lie is French for “on the lees,” and lees for their part The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

A shallow stone or cement trough in which grapes are trodden by foot The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

A gelatinous protein coagulant, obtained from—get ready—the air bladders The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

The thin edge of wine that forms the ring where the top of the The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.