Beverages

Beverages

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

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velvety

Beverages; Wine

Having rich flavor and a silky, sumptuous texture.

balance

Banking; Wine

The difference between total credit and total debit in an account.

maceration

Pharmaceutical; Wine

the softening of a solid by soaking. In histology, the softening of a tissue by soaking, especially in acids, until the connective tissue fibres are so dissolved that the tissue ...

Abfüllung

Beverages; Wine

Means 'bottled by', and will be followed on the label by information regarding the bottler. Related terms include erzeugerabfüllung and gutsabfüllung.

Acidity

Beverages; Wine

A wine's acidity should be detectable as a sharpness in the mouth, particularly around the front sides of the tongue. It should be neither too obvious nor absent. It provides a ...

Alcoholic fermentation

Beverages; Wine

The action of yeast upon sugar results in its conversion to ethyl alcohol, with carbon dioxide as a by-product. Fermentation will often start naturally with yeasts on the grapes, ...