Grape variety authorised in the Algarve.

 

In the Middle Ages, name given to potassic acid tartar. This substance found in grapes is passed to the must and on to the wine. The expression cream of tartar is still used in vernacular language.

 

Quality wine - especially Champagne - that may get a creamy richness made up of texture and flavour.

 

Smell of tar and smoke that is found in some old, noble red wines. It is obtained by distilling beechwood and is used to prepare a cough syrup with a characteristic smoky smell.

 

Fresh and definitely refreshing, especially white wines.

 

Red grape variety grown in the North of Italy (Piemonte, Lombardia). It produces fruity, tannic wines appropriate for ageing in wood.

 

The result of crossing different varieties of the same species. It shouldn't be confused with hybrid. Germans, for example, created many Riesling crossbreds, such as Scheurebe (Riesling x Sylvaner) or Kemer (Trollinger x Riesling). The most famous is Müller-Thurgau, obtained by sexual growth of Riesling and Sylvaner.

 

Foam circle formed on the surface of a natural sparkling wine when one pours it into a flute. The crown results from the carbon dioxide in the wine. It is a sign of quality.

 

Metallic cork used to temporarily close the bottles of sparkling wine that ferments in bottle, during the formation of carbon dioxide.

 

Groove in the staves of a cask into which the endpiece fits.