Beverages

Beverages

Drinks and liquids for human consumption, also includes the bottling industry for preparation and sale of such drinks.

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blanc de blancs

Beverages; Wine

White of whites, meaning a white wine made of white grapes, such as Champagne made of Chardonnay.

blanc de noirs

Beverages; Wine

White of blacks, white wine made of red or black grapes, where the juice is squeezed from the grapes and fermented without skin contact. The wines can have a pale pink hue. E.G., ...

blunt

Beverages; Wine

Strong in flavor and often alcoholic, but lacking in aromatic interest and development on the palate.

botrytis cinerea

Beverages; Wine

Called the "Noble Rot." A beneficial mold or fungus that attacks grapes under certain climatic conditions and causes them to shrivel, deeply concentrating the flavors, sugar and ...

bottle sickness

Beverages; Wine

A temporary condition characterized by muted or disjointed fruit flavors. It often occurs immediately after bottling or when wines (usually fragile wines) are shaken in travel. ...

bottled by

Beverages; Wine

Means the wine could have been purchased ready-made and simply bottled by the brand owner, or made under contract by another winery. When the label reads "produced and bottled by" ...

bouquet

Beverages; Wine

The smell that a wine develops after it has been bottled and aged. Most appropriate for mature wines that have developed complex flavors beyond basic young fruit and oak aromas.