A Glossary of Wine Terms
Taste & Talk about wine like a pro!

Low and behold, a simple, straight-forward glossary of wine terms right at your fingertips...

But this wine glossary is different than most others you’ll come across - it focuses exclusively on YOU, the wine drinker, and YOUR wine drinking experience.

You'll discover under each basic category a brief description along with many adjectives to help you colorfully and accurately describe your wine tasting...without bogging it down with other technical wine-related words like “maceration” “champenois method” or “aeration”...

This simple glossary of wine terms is meant to offer up a plethora of wine descriptions, terms, and adjectives so you can talk about wine with confidence.

People are oftentimes nervous when it comes to talking about wine. They fumble through a few adjectives, and ultimately rest upon the classic 'Mmm..I like it" or "Hmm..I don't like it!".

While that's all good and fine, sometimes people want to search for more meaningful words to describe their wine tasting experience, ("What EXACTLY is it about this wine that I like or dislike?") but come up short.

If that person is you, then you've come to the right place, because...

...all that is about to end!

We're gonna demystify right now all the hazy wine lingo, and gently tuck into the corner of your mind a fresh new wine vocabulary you can always turn to.

Here you'll learn wine lingo to taste and speak about wine with confidence and clairity in your thoughts, by hitting upon all corners of a wine's potential character, such as its body, acidity, tannic structure, hue, aroma...

By keeping this 'whole wine' approach in your mind (and on your tongue!), you'll be able to navigate from term to term, from wine to wine, time and time again.

Unravel the mystery in the glass - one wine term at a time!

Wine qualities and the terms you need to know:

Upon first glance/sip

Wine Clairity

Wine Color

Wine Effervescence

Wine Age

Wine Acidity

Wine Alcohol

Wine Body

A second sip...

Wine Minerality/Earthiness

Wine Woodiness

Wine Floral Tones

Wine Food Tones

Wine Power

A finishing note, an afterthought...

Wine Structure

Wine Balance

Wine Tannins

Wine Complexity

Wine Quality

Wine Finish

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