WINE TERMS

• ENOLOGY/OENOLOGY: SCIENCE OF WINE MAKING
• AMPELLOGRAPHY: SCIENCE OF STUDYING GRAPES
• VATS: FERMENTING VESSELS
• LEES: IMPURITIES
• BRUT: VERY DRY
• SEC: MEDIUM DRY
• DEMI-SEC: MEDIUM SWEET
• DOUX: SWEET
• MUST: UNFERMENTED GRAPE JUICE
• APERITIFS: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SERVED OR CONSUMED BEFORE THE MEAL, HELPS IN INCREASING THE APPETITE
• DIGESTIFS: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SERVED OR CONSUMED AFTER THE MEAL, HELPS IN DIGESTION
• CASK: BARRELS MADE UP OF OAK WOOD, USED TO STORE AND AGE WINES
• CELLAR: A WAREHOUSE (USUALLY UNDERGROUND) USED TO STORE WINES
• CHAI: FRENCH TERM FOR CELLAR
• MAITRE DE CHAI: CELLAR MASTER
• VINE: CREEPER OF GRAPE
• VINEYARD: THE PLACE WHERE VINES ARE GROWN