Flat

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Refers to wines that taste dull and uninteresting.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Futures

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See EN PRIMEUR The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Full-Bodied

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Having pronounced weight on the palate. Full-bodied wines are to LIGHT-BODIED The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Fruity

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A catchall term for the pronounced flavor or AROMA that comes from the wine grapesThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Fruit

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The part of a wine’s AROMA and flavor that comes from grapes.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Front Palate

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It might seem like the term front plate refers to the front of the mouth,The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Frizzante

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Slightly fizzy,The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Free Run

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The juice that runs—freely—simply as the result of the weightThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Foxy

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An odd descriptive term (having nothing to do with foxes, or sex appeal, for that matter) The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Foudre

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Large woodenThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

The name “Burgundy” comes from: The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

A. The medieval French word for a small village, similar to the Old English “burg” 

B. A nomadic German tribe which once settled in the area

C. The Latin word Burgarius which was the name for a Roman province that once extended over most of central France

D. The name for early French rural governing bodies which were made up of noble councilmen who were known as Burrs

Sur lie

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

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