Prise de mousse is a French term, that translates as capturing the sparkle, in Champagne…
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Terroir, for wine, means the connection between the distinctive characteristics of wine and its geographical…
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A muselet is the wire cage on Champagne bottles, and other carbonated alcohol, that secures…
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Pigeage is a French word for a winemaking technique to extract color, flavor and tannins…
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Erilon is an aromatic, late ripening, white Czech grape variety that is a crossing of…
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Must means grape juice in winemaking. What does must mean? Grape juice is commonly referred…
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Chaptalisation means increasing sugar levels in grape juice before or during fermentation, from sources other…
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Spumante means sparkling wine in Italian. Brut, for wine, means a dry style of sparkling…
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