Wine Glossary


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Wine Glossary

The following is a list of the most common and important words that you are likely to see on wine labels.

Descriptions of sherry terms can be seen on the Sherry Page.

Glossary of Wine Terms

Abocado	semi-dry table wine
Bodega	winery or wine cellar
Brut, brut natur	extra dry, used only on sparkling wines
Cava	sparkiling wine made by the champagne method
Cosecha	harvest, vintage (with date)
Crianza	the maturing of wine in barrel or bottle. Sin crianza means an immature wine
Denominación de Origen (D.O.)	Seal of guarantee that the bottle's contents come from a regulated wine production area.
Elaborado por...	matured and/or blended by...
Embotellado por...	bottled by...
Generoso	wines with alcoholic content between 15° and 23°
Gran Reserva	quality reserve wines, aged in oak and bottle for a minimum of 3 years
Jerez	sherry (see Sherry Page for more info)
Joven	young fresh wine that has not been matured
Mosto	this is unfermented grape juice with no alcohol
Reserva	as Gran Reserva but not aged for so long
Sin crianza	see Crianza, above
Vendimia	harvest, vintage
Viña, viñedo	vineyard
Vino	wine
- blanco	- white
- clarete	- light red, claret
- de mesa	- table wine
- dulce	- sweet
- espumoso	- sparkling
- gaseoso	- carbonated, sparkling
- rosado	- rosé
- seco	- dry
- semi-seco	- semi-dry
- tinto	- full-bodied red

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