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the act of analyzing a wine's characteristics with your nose and mouth
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one of the most famous wine regions in California bordered by the Sonoma Mountains on the west and the Mayacamas Mountains on the east with the city of Santa Rosa in the center
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adjective used to describe the flavors of grapes, apples, cherries, prunes, etc. in a good wine
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an adjective describing a fresh young white wine with good acidity
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one of the main wine regions in California located northeast of San Francisco around the small town of St. Helena where the most famous wineries are located such as Beringer, Mondavi, Rutherford Hill, RotStag's Leap, Sterling, Franciscan, Charles Krug, Clos Du Val, and Baron Phillippe de Rothschild's Opus One Winery.
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a light, crisp wine in which the sugar has been converted into alcohol
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a wine's aroma after bottle aging
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an adjective describing a wine which still contains a lot of sugar
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a place where cognac, brandy, and whisky are made
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an adjective describing one of the four basic tastes (after Salty, Sour and Sweet) indicating a high tannin content in a wine
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the fruit from which wine is made and which include hundreds of varieties or varietals
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the adjective which describes a bottle of wine which has come to the end of its maturization process
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describes wines made primarily from a single grape variety which appears on the wine label
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adjective describing a white wine that has been oxidized from improper storage and looking like a Madeira wine
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an adjective usually reserved for white wines a word that describes a lighter and well-balanced wine
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adjective describing a positive aroma of fresh, rich, clean soil and which contains a more intense aroma than woody
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a wine that is tart and sour
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a word that describes an overabundance of leavening used in the fermentation process
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a word that describes a young, rather dry wine containing a high level of tannins
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the taste left in the mouth after swallowing
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an exciting and interesting wine that has a variety of subtle scents and flavors
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an adjective describing a aged wine that has lost its astringent tannins or a young wine that has soft tannins and low acidity
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a wine that is dull and unexciting; used also to describe a carbonated soft drink, champagne or beer that has lost its gas and sparkle
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a word describing the peppery and exciting flavor of some grape varietals such as Gewurztraminer
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a place where beer is manufactured
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a wine maker and/or producer
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a word describing both young and old wines which refers to its clean and lively taste the opposite being "stale"
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the place where grapes grow on a wine estate
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a prized feature of a grape which has matured fully on the vine due to the heat of the summer and which has become rich and concentrated with flavors
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describes a wine which has a good balance between its acidity and its fruitiness and which is a synonym for fresh or exuberant
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an adjective describing the length of time in which the aftertaste of a wine stays in your mouth
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a character flaw describing a wine that has aged in a dirty barrel or an unkept cellar and which has taken on a moldy "corky" taste which is unpleasant
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a place where wine is made
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an adjective meaning sharp and acidic and consequently unpleasant
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describes grapes which have reached the optimum level of maturity; the prefixes "under" and "over" are used to vary the degree of this maturization process
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a toasty, vanillin flavor derived from the barrels in which wine is aged before being put into bottles