Alella is the name of a small city near Barcelona (Cataluna) situated on the coast on the southwest side of the granite Catalan Coastal Range. It gives its name to a small Spanish DO (Denominació d’Origen in Catalan), the D.O. Alella. This D.O. produces mainly white wines…
Alcohol reduction in wine can be accomplished by a variety of physicochemical approaches that are legal in certain countries but not in others…
Alberello is an italian term used to designate vines that are trained according to the Gobelet system, also called Bush vine in English…
Albariza is an Andalusian name designating the white, porous, chalky-looking soil that characterizes the Jerez wine region located in southern spain (not far from the city of Cadiz). Grapes grown on that soil type produce some of the best ‘Jerez Fino’ and Manzanilla…
Albana is a white grape varietal made famous by the popular Italian wine Abana di Romagna. It is widely grown in Emilia-Romagna. Its main claim to fame is that medieval agricultural writer Petrus di Crescentis highlighted it in the 13th century…
Ahr is a tiny German wine region specializing in red wine and named after the river which flows east from the hills of the Eifel to join the Rhine near Remagen…
In vineyard site selection, air drainage is a significant topographical and climatological criterion. This is because cold air is denser than warm air, so it settles in areas of low elevation…
Artificial aging is a winemaking process that has been used with varied degrees of enthusiasm depending on market demands. It includes several wine-making techniques…
At Stage 1, young wines usually taste delightful full of flavor and vivacity, but also a little simplistic. Their color is vivid but most of the time quite pale and/or homogeneous…
Despite many scientific research the white wine aging process remains quite unclear. However, we are certain of the importance of certain grape glycosides in this process. During the white wine aging process, theu help to develop varietal aromas in the wine.
Given the much lower level of phenolics in white wine (compared to red wines), the central component helping a white wine to age is its acidity level…
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