wine dictionary

Acidic - A sharp or tart taste in a wine

Body - The feel of the wine in your mouth

Bouquet or Aroma - The smell of wine, including odor of the grapes

Brix - The natural sugar level of grapes prior to harvesting

Chaptalisation - addition of sugar to grape juice

Demi Sec - medium dry

Dry Wine - A wine lacking sweetness

Herby - When a wine smells or tastes herblike

Hogshead - 300 litre barrel

Malolactic Fermentation - the conversion of malic acid and lactic acid by bacteria

Puncheon - 500 litre barrel

Sec - dry

Tannin - A substance in grapes that causes the puckery feel from wine

Vintage - The year the grapes were harvested