Wine Reads

acidity — the liveliness and crispness in wine that activates our salivary glands aeration — the deliberate addition of oxygen to round out and soften a wine aging — holding wine in barrels, tanks, and bottles to advance them to a more desirable state alcohol — ethanol (ethyl alcohol), the product of fermentation of sugars by yeast aroma — the smell of wine unique to the grape variety astringent — tasting term noting the harsh, bitter, and drying sensations in the mouth caused by high levels of tannin balance — a term for when the elements of wine – acids, sugars, tannin, and alcohol – come together in a harmonious way barrel — the...