An 'eau de vie' is a French expression that means 'water of life,' it is a clear, colourless fruit brandy that is produced by means of fermentation and …

Limoncello - is an Italian lemon liqueur predominantly produced in Southern Italy, mainly in the region around the Gulf of Naples, the Sorrentine Peninsula …

Resveratrol has been in the media a great deal over the past few years because it is a powerful antioxidant with unique health benefits we have only now …

A stuck fermentation occurs in winemaking when the yeast becomes dormant before the fermentation has completed, fermentation has stopped before all the …

Delestage is a great French word, meaning a specific fermentation process for red wine. It is also known as 'rack and return'. Originally aimed at …

Blending wine can be as simple as taking two separate wines (i.e. Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot) and mixing them together - right through to complicating …

It is said that 'quality wine is created in the vineyard'. Except for the usual concept of 'terroir', very little is written about the role that viticulture …

Vertical & horizontal wine tastings are designed to highlight differences between similar wines. In a vertical tasting, different vintages (e.g. 2007, …

It may seem contradictory that Tuscany, a region once constrained by viticultural traditions dating back three millennia to the Etruscans, is today …

The corkscrew; generally, it consists of a pointed metallic helix (often called the 'worm') attached to a handle. The user grips the handle and screws the …

En Primeur or 'Wine Futures', is a method of purchasing wine while a vintage is still in the barrel, offering the customer the opportunity to invest in a …

Sagrantino is an Italian red grape variety that is indigenous to the region of Umbria in Central Italy, in the province of Perugia, in the commune of …

The Petit Verdot grape variety is one of the six approved grapes for making red wines in the Bordeaux region of France. Petit Verdot is thought to be native …

Vendange tardive ('VT') means 'late harvest' in French. The phrase refers to a style of dessert wine where the grapes are allowed to hang on the vine until …

Mulled wine, variations of which are popular all around the world, has been enjoyed for thousands of years, is wine, usually red, combined with spices (e.g. …

This winemaking process involved bleeding off a portion of red wine after only a short period of time, and contact of the juice with the grape skins. …

First - what does Quinta mean? In Portuguese Quinta is a country house (farm) with a small plot of land, where fruit, vegetables and or vines are often …

Pedro Ximenez (also known as PX and many other variations) is the name of a white grape variety grown in certain regions of Spain, and also a varietal wine, …

Nebbiolo is a red Italian grape variety predominately associated with the Piedmont region where it makes the (DOCG) wines of Barolo and Barbaresco. Nebbiolo …

A green harvest is the removal of immature grape bunches, typically for the purpose of decreasing the vines yield. In French it is known as a 'vendange …