Cuverie
The building that houses FERMENTATION tanksThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.Cluster Thinning
During the vine’s growth cycle, the act of removingThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.Cluster
An entire The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.Coarse
Descriptive term for a harsh,The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.Cold Fermentation
A type of FERMENTATION that takes place in a vessel that can be cooled,The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.Cold Stabilization
A common winemaking technique whereby harmless TARTRATE crystals and smallThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.Colheita
Literally, harvest. However, colheita is also the nameThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.Color
One of the distinguishing characteristics of wine, color is derived primarilyThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.Commune
A small village that is often an APPELLATION. In Bordeaux, the communes of Margaux,The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
Wine and Words
The first book on wine in the English language was A New Boke of the Natures and Properties of All Wines, written in 1568 by William Turner. Turner’s book is thought to have been a guide for William Shakespeare, who laced his texts with numerous references to wine. Then, during the 18th century, dozens of major wine books were written—many of them, interestingly by English physicians. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.
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