To open a champagne bottle cutting its neck with sabre wire.

 

Grape variety authorised in Alentejo.

 

Scientific name for yeasts: small fungi that transform glucose into ethanol during alcoholic fermentation.

 

Wine used in Christian and Jewish liturgical ceremonies.

 

Natural sweet wine produced according to Vatican's canonical norms. Sacramental wine is very appreciated in Spain and Italy, but is currently getting forgotten.

 

White variety grown in the Yonne region, producing a fresh, dry wine.

 

Aroma of spices, resembling saffron.

 

Sometimes said of some fortified wines (finos or manzanillas) that undergo a long flor ageing.

 

Viscous, ropy, opalescent liquid secreted by the salivary glands. The saliva wets the mouth and lubricates the buccal mucous. It has mucin, mineral salts, organic matter and enzymes that hydrolyse glucosides. It plays an essential role in tasting, since it transmits tastes to the gustatory papillae.

 

9litre wine bottle, the equivalent to 12 common bottles, i.e., the equivalent to a box.