Brew Dictionary 📖
Commonly used winemaking terms and their meanings.
Body
Wine Characteristic
The sensation describing the feel and weight of a wine in the mouth, it can feel heavy or thin. We distinguish between light, medium, and heavy-bodied wines.
Bouquet
Wine Characteristic
The complex aroma of a wine, developed during ageing and influenced by the grape variety, terroir, and winemaking techniques.
Brix
A standardised scale to measure sugar content in grapes, that allows prediction of future alcohol content.
Carbon Dioxide
Wine Byproduct
Bubbles in wine, that are a byproduct of fermentation.
Champagne
Type of Wine
Sparkling wine made in the French region Champagne.
Chaptalisation
Process, Important Term
The process of adding sugar before or during fermentation to increase the alcohol content.
Citric Acid
Wine Component
One of the acids in wine.
Clarification
Process
A winemaking process of removing solid parts from wine after fermentation to make it clear.
Clarifying agent
Wine Ingredient
A substance added to wine during the clarification process to help remove solid particles.
Clarity
Wine Characteristic
How transparent or clear a wine is.