Glossary of Wine Terms
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Word |
Description |
|---|---|
| Dry | A wine containing no more than 0.2 percent unfermented sugar. |
| Douro | A river in Portugal as well as the wine region famous for producing Port wines. |
| Dosage | A sweetened spirit added at the very end to Champagne and other traditionally made sparkling wines. It determines whether a wine is brut, extra dry, dry, or semisweet. |
| Disgorge | The process by which final sediments are removed from traditionally made sparkling wines prior to the adding of the dosage. |
| Denominazione di Origine Controllata | Italian for a controlled wine region; similar to the French AOC or Spanish DO. |
| Denominacion de Origen | Spanish for 'appellation of origin;' like the French AOC or Italian DOC. |
| Decant | The process of transferring wine from a bottle to another holding vessel. The purpose is generally to aerate a young wine or to separate an older wine from any sediment. |
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