Archives: Glossary

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Endothermic reaction

(chemistry) - a chemical reaction that consumes more energy than it releases…

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Equalization

(winemaking) - blending of wines or musts of different origins or from…

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Etanal

Acetaldehyde or acetic aldehyde is a substance of biochemical nature, highly volatile,…

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Exothermic reaction

(chemistry) - a chemical reaction that consumes less energy than its production…

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Fermentation

It is a physico-chemical process of transformation of a product with the…

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Flavone/ Flavone

(winemaking) - phenolic colouring compound (yellow) found in the skin and pulp…

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Free-run

(winemaking) - must or wine that drains gravitationally, without any external intervention…

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G.I

Geographical Indication

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Garage wine

(winemaking) - small batch of wine (maximum 1500 bottles annually), mostly handmade…

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Gewürztraminer

(viticulture) - synonym for Traminer rose, a pink variety of wine grape,…

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Glycerol

(biochemistry/winemaking)- is a simple, colourless, odourless, viscous, sweet-tasting, non-toxic, hygroscopic, water-miscible polyol…

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Glyceropyruvic fermentation

(winemaking) - a bio-chemical process during alcoholic fermentation at high temperatures (above…

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Grapes/ Grapes

It is the fruit of the vine. Grape berries are grouped in…

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Hajlau

(winemaking/old) – sulphur wick (brimstone) used for smoking barrels, as an ancient…

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Horn

(winemaking) - Term to define the space between the surface of the…

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Hybridization

(biology) - the action of sexual or vegetative inbreeding, through a spontaneous…

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Hyper-Decanter

(winemaking) - state-of-the-art device that mixes wine with air very quickly. The…

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LD50

(biology) - Lethal Dose 50%. In toxicology, the median lethal dose, LD50,…

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Maceration

(winemaking) –physical-chemical process that takes place during the contact of grape juice,…

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Malolactic fermentation

(biochemistry/winemaking) - the physico-chemical process, which takes place in wines after the…

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