Learning Wine Terms:
Ullage to Young defined and explained.
- Ullage — the space left in bottles and barrels as wine evaporates. See: know your wine bottle.
- Vegetal — tasting term describing characteristics of fresh or cooked vegetables detected on the nose and in the flavors of the wine. Bell peppers, grass, and asparagus are common “vegetal” descriptors.
- Vinification — the process of making wine.
- Vinology — the scientific study of wines and winemaking.
- Vitis Vinifera — the species of wine that comprises over 99% of the world’s wine
- Vintage — the year a wine is bottled—the yield of wine from a vineyard during a single season.
- Weight — similar to “body,” the sensation when a wine feels thick or rich on the palate
- Wine — fermented juice from grapes. See what is wine?
- Wine glass — a drinking vessel specially designed to tasting wine. See wine glass recommendations.
- Wine-tasting — the act of perceiving flavors in wine by using the three S’s: see, swirl, sniff, sip, and savor. See wine tasting 101
- WSET— The Wine & Spirit Education Trust. See sommelier courses in America
- Yeast — a microorganism endemic to vineyards and produced commercially that converts grape sugars into alcohol
- Yield — the productivity of a vineyard
- Young — an immature wine that is usually bottled and sold within a year of its vintage. Wines meant to be drunk “young” are noted for their fresh and crisp flavors.
Credit source: Wine School & Glossary by Vinology
Understanding Wine Tasting:
…Wine Tasting — the act of perceiving flavors in wine by using the three esses: see, swirl, sniff, sip, and savor.”
