Beverages

Beverages

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

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nutty

Beverages; Wine

Used to describe oxidized wines. Often a flaw, but when it's close to an oaky flavor it can be a plus.

oaky

Beverages; Wine

Describes the aroma or taste quality imparted to a wine by the oak barrels or casks in which it was aged. Can be either positive or negative. The terms toasty, vanilla, dill, ...

off-dry

Beverages; Wine

Indicates a slightly sweet wine in which the residual sugar is barely perceptible 0.6 percent to 1.4 percent.

oxidized

Beverages; Wine

Describes wine that has been exposed too long to air and taken on a brownish color, losing its freshness and perhaps beginning to smell and taste like Sherry or old apples. ...

peak

Beverages; Wine

The time when a wine tastes its best--very subjective.

perfumed

Beverages; Wine

Describes the strong, usually sweet and floral aromas of some white wines.

phylloxera

Beverages; Wine

Tiny aphids or root lice that attack Vitis vinifera roots. The disease was widespread in both Europe and California during the late 19th century, and returned to California in the ...