Sercial (sir-SEE-al)

By Karen MacNeil
December 11, 2018

Esteemed Portuguese grape, today best known for making the lightest, driest style of Madeira.

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Which of the following important rivers runs through the Rioja region of Spain?

A. The Duero River

B. The Río Oja

C. The Ebro River

D. The Guadalquivir River

The Ebro. Rioja, considered Spain’s preeminent wine region, spreads out for 75 miles along the Ebro River in northeastern Spain. The name Rioja, however, is probably derived from Río Oja, one of the seven small tributaries of the Ebro River. The Duero River runs through the Spanish wine region Ribera del Duero. And the Guadalquivir runs just north of Jerez (Sherry).

Puckery

Used to describe a wine that is so high in tannin that it causes your mouth to pucker with dryness. Most often, the wine will have been made from insufficiently ripe grapes.

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