Wine Term: Sustainable | WineSpeed

Sustainable

As applied in the wine industry, the term sustainable is used to indicate a winery where all viticultural, winemaking, and business practices conform to the goal of maintaining the land and environment is the best possible condition for generations to come.

Stickie is the colloquial name for what kind of wine?

A. Semi sweet wine from a tropical area

B. Sweet wine from Australia

C. Sweet wine from South Africa

D. Cognac, Armagnac, and other potent beverages distilled from grapes

Stickies are the name Australians fondly give to their dessert wines. Most Australian stickies are made from riesling, semillon or sauvignon blanc grapes, and are outrageously fruity and viscous (sticky). Stickies usually come in half bottles and are considerably less expensive than French dessert wines.

Claret

The British often call red Bordeaux claret. The word comes from the French clairet, which originally referred to a light red wine (to distinguish it from Port). Today, of course, the top red Bordeaux are… Continue reading

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