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What is a bud bearer?
It is a viticultural expression that refers to the pruning of the vine's fruiting unit...
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What are the advantages of ‘Pigeage’?
Pigeage, as a method of mash management during fermentation, can offer different advantages...
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Basal Buds, what are they?
Basal Buds are a group of scarcely visible buds located at the base of a vine shoot or cane...
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What is ‘Premature Oxidation’?
In the early 2000s, feedback arose regarding some wines that the wines (particularly those from 1996 and later vintages) displayed very advanced flavors and colors after only a short period of time in the bottle. This process was known as “premature oxidation” or “premox”...
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What is ‘Hyperoxidation’ in winemaking?
Hyperoxidation is a deliberate exposure to the must, consisting of aerating the wine must voluntarily (sometimes violently) so that the susceptible phenolics will oxidize during the fermentation...
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What is Cock & Féret?
Cock et Féret was an important directory of Bordeaux chateaux (wine estates) which initially published in 1845 as Bordeaux, its Wines, and the Claret Country by Charles Cocks, an Englishman who died in 1854. Féret translated this directory into Bordeaux et ses vins in 1850...
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