Ullage

Ullage (ULL-edge) is the air space that develops inside a wine bottle’s neck and shoulder because wine has been lost through leakage or evaporation. In a bottle with significant ullage, the wine will often be oxidized and spoiled. In a wine auction, a wine with even a small amount of ullage will not command a top price.

What Makes Great Wines Great? Part Two: Precision

For wine lovers, the discovery of terroir is a breakthrough that cannot be unbroken. Once you’ve found it, you’ll seek it in all wines for the rest of your life.

—Patrick Comiskey,
from the Forward to the upcoming book Wine and Place by Tim Patterson and John Buechsenstein (UC Press)

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