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.

Buying wine before it is released; also known as buying futures. Buying wine en primeur allows collectors to be more certain of securing given wines. The wines most likely to be sold en primeur are Bordeaux wines from top châteaux.

The indentation found in the bottom of most wine bottles. The punt may be shallow or, as in the case of Champagne bottles, quite pronounced. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

The name in Bordeaux for a large bottle holding the equivalent of eight standard bottles (6 liters)The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

The Italian term for the highest quality in Chianti Classico. The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

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.