Wooden container used to transport and age wine. It has different sizes according to the regions where it is made and used.

 

Filling casks or tanks with wine. To pour wine in large containers using a funnel.

 

To put wine in tanks, casks, etc.

 

Term used in Madeira to designate a man who carries wine barrels on his back, supported by a stick to keep balance. Term used in some regions in Portugal to designate a man who makes barrels.

 

Alluvium, brownish soils used in Jerez to grow vines. They are less appreciated and more productive than albescent soils.

 

Region whose wines, after being distilled, originate the most fine and appreciated Armagnacs.

 

Base wine is the one used to produce special wines.

 

Spicy aroma resembling this plant and the blending of sage with thyme.

 

It can be made of wood, metal, whicker, plastic, etc. and have different shapes. It has a wing and is used for special transportation of harvests and bottles.

 

Variety that takes part in the fermentation of Port. Its contribution is based mainly on sugar. It is also grown in other regions in Portugal (Dão, Madeira), and has been grown in Australia.