Word |
Description |
| Tokay | A dessert wine made in Hungary from dried Furmint grapes. |
| Veneto | A large wine-producing region in northern Italy. |
| Viticulture | The science and business of growing wine grapes. |
| Vintage | A particular year in the wine business; a specific harvest. |
| Viognier | A fragrant, powerful white grape grown in the Rhone Valley of France and elsewhere. |
| Varietal | A wine made from just one grape type and named after that grape; the opposite of a blend. |
| Vin Santo | Sweet wine from Tuscany made from late-harvest Trebbiano and Malvasia grapes. |
| Yield | The amount of grapes harvested in a particular year. |
| Yeast | Organisms that issue enzymes that trigger the fermentation process; yeasts can be natural or commercial. |
| Zinfandel | A popular grape in California of disputed origin; scientists say it is related to grapes in Croatia and southern Italy. |
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