Riserva

A wine that has been matured for a specific number of years, according The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Right Bank

The term refers to all of the appellations of Bordeaux that are on the rightThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Riddling

Called rémuage in French, riddling is the process during the making of ChampagneThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Residual Sugar

Natural grape sugar that remains in wine because it has not been convertedThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Reserve

Many producers the world over make a reserve wine in addition to their regularThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Reserva

A wine produced only in excellent years. Though national law stipulatesThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Rémuage

The RIDDLING (rotating and tilting) of Champagne bottles to concentrateThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Recioto

A word indicating the wine is sweet (as in recioto di Soave and recioto di Valpolicella).The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Raisiny

A descriptive term for a wine (generally a red) that tastes slightly likeThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Racking

After a wine has SETTLED, solids and bits of grape particulate matterThe 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