Dirty
A negative description of wines with chemical or microbial “off” odors and flavors usually resulting… Continue reading
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Tension
Last week on the Karen MacNeil Facebook page, Edward S asked what is meant by… Continue reading
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Front Palate
It might seem like the term front plate refers to the front of the mouth.… Continue reading
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Racking
After a wine has “settled,” solids and bits of grape particulate matter (yeast cells and… Continue reading
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Butler
Curiously, the word butler is thought to have derived from the term bottler. From the… Continue reading
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Cooperage
Cooperage is the general term for containers used to store wine. Small barrels, large wooden… Continue reading
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Enoteca
Historically, an enoteca was a wine library; a place where bottles of wine were displayed.… Continue reading
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Meniscus
The meniscus (men-IS-cuss) is the thin edge of wine at the top. The meniscus forms… Continue reading
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Garagiste
A French term first used in Bordeaux in the 1990s, the word garagiste (gare-a-JEEST) refers… Continue reading
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Astringent
Astringent describes the dry, raspy mouthfeel of a wine with a considerable amount of unripe… Continue reading
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Bushvine
A bushvine is a vine that is free-standing with no trellis system. In other words,… Continue reading
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Jammy
The word jammy is usually used to describe a wine with a dense, concentrated berry… Continue reading
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