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Keep up to date on each of the terminologies most used by our experts in the wine world.
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Acidity
This is the part of the wine that makes your mouth create saliva and is responsible for refreshing the palate.
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Alcohol
this contributes significantly to the structure of the wine and can be detected by the legs or tears on the glass; the greater or more visible the tears/legs, the higher the alcohol.
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Aroma
when you swirl your wine around your glass you are trying to aerate the wine to release the volatile aromas which is an absolutely essential part of tasting as the nose is far more sensitive and acute than the tongue which can only taste 5 things -- salt, sour, sweet, bitter and umami. There are 3 main categories of wine aromas -- primary (grape), secondary (winemaking) and tertiary (age).
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