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Montsant

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The Montsant designation of origin is located in the Catalonia region in northeastern Spain. Its name, meaning "holy mountain," is derived from the Serra do Montsant, a mountain range that gives the v...

Maytte Rivera

Liebfraumilch

Liebfraumilch is a German white wine made in a semi-sweet style using at least 70% of one or more of these grapes: Riesling, Silvaner, Müller Thurgau, and Kerner. The name translates to “milk of our L...

Sep 19, 2024 Wine Terms

Maytte Rivera

Beneficio System

The Beneficio System is used in the Douro region of Portugal to classify vineyards and establish the amount of Port wine that each winery can produce. Created in 1933 by the Instituto dos Vinhos do Do...

Sep 11, 2024 Wine Terms

Maytte Rivera

Vitis Vinifera

Vitis Vinifera is the scientific name of the grape vine used to produce most of the wines of the world. It is native to central Europe and southwest Asia, where it was domesticated around 7,000 BC in ...

Sep 5, 2024 Wine Terms

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Aromatized Wine

Aromatized wines consist of a base wine that has been infused with botanicals like herbs, fruits, spices, roots, or flowers. They usually start with a white wine, then the ingredients are added and al...

Sep 5, 2024 Wine Terms

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Mosto cotto

Mosto cotto refers to cooked grape must that is used to produce fortified wines in the region of Marsala in Sicily. It is made by heating a mixture of grape juice, skins, and seeds for about 3 days to...

Aug 23, 2024 Wine Terms

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Ballast

Ballast is a type of soil that predominates in the wine producing region of Maldonado in Uruguay. It arises from what is known as “crystalline basement”, the base where more than 2.5 billion years ago...

Aug 23, 2024 Wine Terms

Maytte Rivera

Disgorgement

Disgorgement is one of the main processes in the production of sparkling wines made in the traditional method , by which the sediments that have collected in the neck after riddling are expelled from ...

Aug 9, 2024 Wine Terms

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Traditional method

The traditional method of producing sparkling wines, also known as “méthode champenoise”, requires that the bubbles are created inside each individual bottle and the clarification done in the same bot...

Aug 1, 2024 Wine Terms

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Riddling (Remuage)

Riddling, or “remuage”, is a main process in the production of sparkling wines made in the traditional method, like cava and champagne. After the second fermentation in the bottle and ageing, left ove...

Aug 1, 2024 Wine Terms

Maytte Rivera

Brix

Brix, or °Bx, refers to the measure used by winemakers to estimate sugar content in grapes, juice and wine. It is named after Adolf Ferdinand Wenceslaus Brix, a German scientist who developed the meth...

Jul 19, 2024 Wine Terms

Maytte Rivera

Ripasso

Ripasso is the process of macerating dried grapes with fermented wine to increase its flavor intensity, color, alcohol, and texture. It is used in various regions of Italy, especially for the red wine...

Jul 17, 2024 Wine Terms

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