The Living Wine
Dictionary
"E" |
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| Echezeaux |
French - Appellation of Burgundy |
| eclaircissage |
Now you wanna know why Ch. dY'Quem
costs so much ??? .. this is one reason. This is how the grapes are
picked for "noble rot*" wines. They first pick about 1/2
of each bunch .. take those away to make a nice dry wine ( i.e. Ch.
Y ). This lets air and moisture get in to the remain grapes so that
they can rot away in happiness and be picked later .... sometimes
one grape at a time. |
| ecoulage |
Draining off the wine after fermentation .... this
marks the end of the maceration. |
| Edelfaule |
Austrian for Noble rot, Botrytis
cinera. |
| Eersterivier |
South African - Appellation of
Stellenbosch |
| Eichberg |
French - Appellation of Alsace |
| Eiswein |
(= Ice-Wine): A seperate section
of dessert wines and part of the QmP* category. The grapes for these
wines need to be harvested and pressed while frozen, which achieves
the concentration of extract, natural sugar and acidity due to the
fact that the water content of the grapes remains in the press as
blocks of ice. According to German law the grapes have to be naturally
frozen at the vine (not in a freezer, like a Californian producer
has done). The purpose is to achieve high concentration and the juice
has to have at least achieve the ripeness level of a Beerenauslese*
(BA) or better Trockenbeerenauslese* (TBA). These wines are truly
unique with a remarkable concentration of fruity acidity and sweetness.
Similar to BA and TBA, they can age for many years and are often
too acidic to be drunk young. |
| Elba |
Italian - Appellation of Tuscany |
| elevage |
This word encompasses the entire operation in making
wine from fermentation to the final bottling. Basically it means
the total sum the the techniques that the wine maker chooses to use
in producing his/her wine. |
| Eloro |
Italian - Appellation of Sicily |
| Emilia Romagna |
Italian Wine Region |
| en primeur |
Can we say "gamble" here
?? This is the French for wine "futures" .. where people
put up money to "pre-purchase" wine of a given vintage
before it is actually released to the market |
| Encostas
da Nave |
Portugese Wine Region |
| Enfer d'Arvier |
Italian - Appellation of Val D'Aosta |
Enology
(Oenology) |
The study of wine |
| Entre deux
Mers |
French - Appellation of Bordeaux |
Eonologist
(Oenologist) |
The person who studies wine |
| eraflage |
de-stemming the grapes |
| Erbaluce di Caluso |
Italian - Appellation of Piedmont |
| Est! Est!
Est! |
Italian - Appellation of Latium |
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di Montefiascone |
Italian - Appellation of Lazio |
| Etna |
Italian - Appellation of Sicily |
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