TTB

The acronym for the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Txakoli (sha-ko-LEE)

Txakoli is made from the indigenous white grape called hondurrabi zuri.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Txakolina (shack-o-LEE-na)

In Basque, technically translates to “place of txakoli.” Txakolina is a typeThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Typicity

A quality that a wine possesses if it is typical of its region and reflectsThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Ue

A softer, lighter type of GRAPPA achieved byThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Ullage (ULL-edge)

Ullage is the space that develops near the neck and shoulder inside a wine The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Unfiltered

Used to describe a wine that has not been FILTERED to clarify it and removeThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Unfined

A wine that has not gone through FINING to remove large particulate matter and some tannins.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Stemmer

A machine that separates the stems from the grapes.The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Stemmy

A descriptive term for a wine with the green odorThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

A. Chianti, Barbaresco, Brunello di Montalcino

B. Chianti Classico, Barolo, Amarone

C. Chianti, Chianti Classico, Brunello di Montalcino

D. Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Brunello di Montalcino, Barolo

STICKIES

The affectionate name Australians give to their sweet wines. Ther term is broadly used to cover late-harvest wines as well as Australia’s phenomenal sweet FORTIFIED Muscats, topaques, and fortified tawnies.

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