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103 relations: Acids in wine, Aging of wine, Alcohol by volume, Alluvium, Alps, Alsace wine, Ancient Rome and wine, Annual growth cycle of grapevines, Aroma of wine, Auslese, Austrian wine, Beerenauslese, Botrytis cinerea, Burgundy wine, Côte-Rôtie AOC, Chaptalization, Chardonnay, Charlemagne, Classification of wine, Climate categories in viticulture, Cork (material), Danube, Dürnstein, Diurnal temperature variation, Eugippius, Falcon, Falconry, Fall of the Western Roman Empire, German wine, German wine classification, Glossary of wine terms, Gneiss, Granite, Gravel, Grüner Veltliner, Great French Wine Blight, Harvest (wine), Holy Roman Empire, Iron, Irrigation in viticulture, Kamptal, Krems an der Donau, Kremstal, La Tène culture, List of ancient Celtic peoples and tribes, List of grape varieties, List of vineyard soil types, Loess, Lower Austria, Malolactic fermentation, ..., Mautern an der Donau, Melk, Middle Ages, Migration Period, Monasticism, Mosel (wine region), Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains, Must weight, Napoleonic Wars, Neuburger, Noble rot, Noricum, Oak (wine), Overproduction, Pannonian Basin, Phenolic content in wine, Pinot blanc, Probus (emperor), Protectionism, Regional climate levels in viticulture, Renaissance, Riesling, Ripeness in viticulture, Sand, Sauvignon blanc, Savagnin, Screw cap, Severinus of Noricum, Slate, Sparkling wine, Spätlese, Spitz, Spitz, Austria, Stipa pennata, Sugars in wine, Sweetness of wine, Terrace (agriculture), Terroir, Trade association, Trockenbeerenauslese, Tyrol (state), Varietal, Vienna, Vineyard designated wine, Vintage, Viticulture, Waldviertel, Weißenkirchen in der Wachau, Welschriesling, Wine label, Wine lake, Wine law, 1985 diethylene glycol wine scandal. Expand index (53 more) »
Acids in wine
The acids in wine are an important component in both winemaking and the finished product of wine.
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Aging of wine
The aging of wine (American spelling) or ageing of wine (British spelling) is potentially able to improve the quality of wine.
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Alcohol by volume
Alcohol by volume (abbreviated as ABV, abv, or alc/vol) is a standard measure of how much alcohol (ethanol) is contained in a given volume of an alcoholic beverage (expressed as a volume percent).
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Alluvium
Alluvium (from the Latin alluvius, from alluere, "to wash against") is loose, unconsolidated (not cemented together into a solid rock) soil or sediments, which has been eroded, reshaped by water in some form, and redeposited in a non-marine setting.
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Alps
The Alps (Alpes; Alpen; Alpi; Alps; Alpe) are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe,The Caucasus Mountains are higher, and the Urals longer, but both lie partly in Asia.
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Alsace wine
Alsace wine or Alsatian wine (in French: Vin d'Alsace) (German: Weinbau in Elsass) is produced in the Alsace region in France and is primarily white wine.
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Ancient Rome and wine
Ancient Rome played a pivotal role in the history of wine.
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Annual growth cycle of grapevines
The annual growth cycle of grapevines is the process that takes place in the vineyard each year, beginning with bud break in the spring and culminating in leaf fall in autumn followed by winter dormancy.
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Aroma of wine
The aromas of wine are more diverse than its flavors.
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Auslese
Auslese (literal meaning: "selected harvest"; plural form is Auslesen) is a German language wine term for a late harvest wine and is a riper category than Spätlese in the Prädikatswein category of the Austrian and German wine classification.
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Austrian wine
Austrian wines are mostly dry white wines (often made from the Grüner Veltliner grape), though some sweeter white wines (such as dessert wines made around the Neusiedler See) are also produced.
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Beerenauslese
Beerenauslese (literal meaning: "selected harvest of berries") is a German language wine term for a late harvest wine.
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Botrytis cinerea
Botrytis cinerea ("botrytis" from Ancient Greek botrys (βότρυς) meaning "grapes" plus the New Latin suffix -itis for disease) is a necrotrophic fungus that affects many plant species, although its most notable hosts may be wine grapes.
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Burgundy wine
Burgundy wine (Bourgogne or vin de Bourgogne) is wine made in the Burgundy region in eastern France, in the valleys and slopes west of the Saône, a tributary of the Rhône.
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Côte-Rôtie AOC
Côte-Rôtie is a French wine Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) in the northern Rhône wine region of France.
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Chaptalization
Chaptalization is the process of adding sugar to unfermented grape must in order to increase the alcohol content after fermentation.
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Chardonnay
Chardonnay is a green-skinned grape variety used in the production of white wine.
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Charlemagne
Charlemagne or Charles the Great (Karl der Große, Carlo Magno; 2 April 742 – 28 January 814), numbered Charles I, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Holy Roman Emperor from 800.
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Classification of wine
The classification of wine can be done according to various methods including place of origin or appellation, vinification methods and style, sweetness and vintage,J.
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Climate categories in viticulture
In viticulture, the climates of wine regions are categorised based on the overall characteristics of the area's climate during the growing season.
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Cork (material)
Cork is an impermeable buoyant material, the phellem layer of bark tissue that is harvested for commercial use primarily from Quercus suber (the cork oak), which is endemic to southwest Europe and northwest Africa.
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Danube
The Danube or Donau (known by various names in other languages) is Europe's second longest river, after the Volga.
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Dürnstein
Dürnstein is a small town on the Danube river in the Krems-Land district, in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.
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Diurnal temperature variation
In meteorology, diurnal temperature variation is the variation between a high temperature and a low temperature that occurs during the same day.
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Eugippius
Eugippius (circa 460 – circa 535, Castellum Lucullanum) was a disciple and the biographer of Saint Severinus of Noricum.
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Falcon
Falcons are birds of prey in the genus Falco, which includes about 40 species.
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Falconry
Falconry is the hunting of wild animals in their natural state and habitat by means of a trained bird of prey.
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Fall of the Western Roman Empire
The Fall of the Western Roman Empire (also called Fall of the Roman Empire or Fall of Rome) was the process of decline in the Western Roman Empire in which it failed to enforce its rule, and its vast territory was divided into several successor polities.
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German wine
German wine is primarily produced in the west of Germany, along the river Rhine and its tributaries, with the oldest plantations going back to the Roman era.
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German wine classification
The German wine classification system puts a strong emphasis on standardization and factual completeness, and was first implemented per the German Wine Law of 1971.
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Glossary of wine terms
The glossary of wine terms lists the definitions of many general terms used within the wine industry.
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Gneiss
Gneiss is a common distributed type of rock formed by high-grade regional metamorphic processes from pre-existing formations that were originally either igneous or sedimentary rocks.
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Granite
Granite is a common type of felsic intrusive igneous rock that is granular and phaneritic in texture.
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Gravel
Gravel is a loose aggregation of rock fragments.
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Grüner Veltliner
Grüner Veltliner (Green Veltliner) is a white wine grape variety grown primarily in Austria, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic.
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Great French Wine Blight
The Great French Wine Blight was a severe blight of the mid-19th century that destroyed many of the vineyards in France and laid waste the wine industry.
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Harvest (wine)
The harvesting of wine grapes (Vintage) is one of the most crucial steps in the process of wine-making.
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Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire (Sacrum Romanum Imperium; Heiliges Römisches Reich) was a multi-ethnic but mostly German complex of territories in central Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806.
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Iron
Iron is a chemical element with symbol Fe (from ferrum) and atomic number 26.
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Irrigation in viticulture
Irrigation in viticulture is the process of applying extra water in the cultivation of grapevines.
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Kamptal
Kamptal is an Austrian wine region.
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Krems an der Donau
Krems an der Donau is a town of 23,992 inhabitants in Austria, in the federal state of Lower Austria.
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Kremstal
Kremstal is an Austrian wine region.
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La Tène culture
The La Tène culture was a European Iron Age culture named after the archaeological site of La Tène on the north side of Lake Neuchâtel in Switzerland, where thousands of objects had been deposited in the lake, as was discovered after the water level dropped in 1857.
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List of ancient Celtic peoples and tribes
This is a list of Celtic tribes, listed in order of the Roman province (after Roman conquest) or the general area in which they lived.
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List of grape varieties
This list of grape varieties includes cultivated grapes, whether used for wine, or eating as a table grape, fresh or dried (raisin, currant, sultana).
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List of vineyard soil types
The soil composition of vineyards is one of the most important viticultural considerations when planting grape vines.
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Loess
Loess (from German Löss) is a clastic, predominantly silt-sized sediment that is formed by the accumulation of wind-blown dust.
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Lower Austria
Lower Austria (Niederösterreich; Dolní Rakousy; Dolné Rakúsko) is the northeasternmost state of the nine states in Austria.
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Malolactic fermentation
Malolactic fermentation (also known as malolactic conversion or MLF) is a process in winemaking in which tart-tasting malic acid, naturally present in grape must, is converted to softer-tasting lactic acid.
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Mautern an der Donau
Mautern an der Donau is a town in the district of Krems-Land in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.
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Melk
Melk (older spelling: Mölk) is a city of Austria, in the federal state of Lower Austria, next to the Wachau valley along the Danube.
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Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages (or Medieval Period) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.
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Migration Period
The Migration Period was a period during the decline of the Roman Empire around the 4th to 6th centuries AD in which there were widespread migrations of peoples within or into Europe, mostly into Roman territory, notably the Germanic tribes and the Huns.
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Monasticism
Monasticism (from Greek μοναχός, monachos, derived from μόνος, monos, "alone") or monkhood is a religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual work.
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Mosel (wine region)
Mosel is one of 13 German wine regions (Weinbaugebiete) for quality wines (''Qualitätswein'', formerly ''QbA'' and ''Prädikatswein''), and takes its name from the Mosel River (Moselle. Luxembourgish: Musel.). Before 1 August 2007 the region was called Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, but changed to a name that was considered more consumer-friendly.
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Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains
Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains is a white wine grape of Greek origin that is a member of the Muscat family of Vitis vinifera.
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Must weight
Must weight is a measure of the amount of sugar in grape juice (must), and hence indicates the amount of alcohol that could be produced if it is all fermented to alcohol, rather than left as residual sugar.
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Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European powers formed into various coalitions, financed and usually led by the United Kingdom.
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Neuburger
Neuburger is a white Austrian wine grape.
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Noble rot
Noble rot (pourriture noble; Edelfäule; Muffa nobile; Aszúsodás) is the beneficial form of a grey fungus, Botrytis cinerea, affecting wine grapes.
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Noricum
Noricum is the Latin name for a Celtic kingdom, or federation of tribes, that included most of modern Austria and part of Slovenia.
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Oak (wine)
Oak is used in winemaking to vary the color, flavor, tannin profile and texture of wine.
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Overproduction
In economics, overproduction, oversupply, excess of supply or glut refers to excess of supply over demand of products being offered to the market.
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Pannonian Basin
The Pannonian Basin, or Carpathian Basin, is a large basin in Central Europe.
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Phenolic content in wine
The phenolic content in wine refers to the phenolic compounds—natural phenol and polyphenols—in wine, which include a large group of several hundred chemical compounds that affect the taste, color and mouthfeel of wine.
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Pinot blanc
Pinot blanc is a white wine grape.
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Probus (emperor)
Probus (Marcus Aurelius Probus Augustus; c. 19 August 232 – September/October 282), was Roman Emperor from 276 to 282.
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Protectionism
Protectionism is the economic policy of restricting imports from other countries through methods such as tariffs on imported goods, import quotas, and a variety of other government regulations.
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Regional climate levels in viticulture
In viticulture, there are several levels of regional climates that are used to describe the terroir or immutable characteristics of an area.
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Renaissance
The Renaissance is a period in European history, covering the span between the 14th and 17th centuries.
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Riesling
Riesling is a white grape variety which originated in the Rhine region.
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Ripeness in viticulture
In viticulture, ripeness is the completion of the ripening process of wine grapes on the vine which signals the beginning of harvest.
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Sand
Sand is a naturally occurring granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles.
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Sauvignon blanc
Sauvignon blanc is a green-skinned grape variety that originates from the Bordeaux region of France.
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Savagnin
Savagnin or Savagnin blanc (not to be confused with Sauvignon blanc) is a variety of white wine grape with green-skinned berries.
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Screw cap
A screw cap or closure is a common type of closure for bottles, jars, and tubes.
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Severinus of Noricum
Severinus of Noricum (410 – 8 January 482) is a saint, known as the "Apostle to Noricum".
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Slate
Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism.
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Sparkling wine
Sparkling wine is a wine with significant levels of carbon dioxide in it, making it fizzy.
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Spätlese
Spätlese (literal meaning: "late harvest"; plural form is Spätlesen) is a German wine term for a wine from fully ripe grapes, the lightest of the late harvest wines.
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Spitz
Spitz (also pluralized spitzes or, borrowing from German, Spitzen) are a type of domestic dog characterized by long, thick, and often white fur, and pointed ears and muzzles.
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Spitz, Austria
Spitz an der Donau is a market town in the district of Krems-Land in the Austrian state of Lower Austria, in the midst of the UNESCO World Heritage area Wachau, further down from Willendorf on the left bank of the Danube.
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Stipa pennata
Stipa pennata, common name European feather grass, or Orphan maidenhair (Hungarian: száraz homoki gyep) is a flowering plant and arid zone sand grass in the grass family Poaceae, which is grown as an ornamental plant for its feathery flowering spikes, common to the Puszta in Hungary and the Devínska Kobyla forest-steppe in Slovakia.
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Sugars in wine
Sugars in wine are at the heart of what makes winemaking possible.
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Sweetness of wine
The subjective sweetness of a wine is determined by the interaction of several factors, including the amount of sugar in the wine, but also the relative levels of alcohol, acids, and tannins.
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Terrace (agriculture)
In agriculture, a terrace is a piece of sloped plane that has been cut into a series of successively receding flat surfaces or platforms, which resemble steps, for the purposes of more effective farming.
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Terroir
Terroir (from terre, "land") is the set of all environmental factors that affect a crop's phenotype, including unique environment contexts, farming practices and a crop's specific growth habitat.
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Trade association
A trade association, also known as an industry trade group, business association, sector association or industry body, is an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry.
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Trockenbeerenauslese
Trockenbeerenauslese (literal meaning: "dried berries selection") is a German language wine term for a medium to full body dessert wine.
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Tyrol (state)
Tyrol (Tirol; Tirolo) is a federal state (Bundesland) in western Austria.
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Varietal
A varietal wine is a wine made primarily from a single named grape variety, and which typically displays the name of that variety on the wine label.
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Vienna
Vienna (Wien) is the federal capital and largest city of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria.
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Vineyard designated wine
A vineyard designated wine is a wine produced from the product of a single vineyard with that vineyard's name appearing on the wine label.
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Vintage
Vintage, in winemaking, is the process of picking grapes and creating the finished product (see Harvest (wine)).
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Viticulture
Viticulture (from the Latin word for vine) is the science, production, and study of grapes.
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Waldviertel
The Waldviertel (Forest Quarter) is the northwestern region of the northeast Austrian state of Lower Austria.
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Weißenkirchen in der Wachau
Weißenkirchen in der Wachau is a town in the district of Krems-Land in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.
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Welschriesling
Welschriesling (also known as Laški Rizling, Olasz Riesling and Graševina) is a white wine grape variety, unrelated to the Rhine Riesling, that is grown throughout Central Europe.
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Wine label
Wine labels are important sources of information for consumers since they tell the type and origin of the wine.
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Wine lake
The wine lake refers to the continuing supply surplus of wine produced in the European Union.
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Wine law
Wine laws are legislation regulating various aspects of production and sales of wine.
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1985 diethylene glycol wine scandal
The 1985 diethylene glycol wine scandal was an incident in which several Austrian wineries illegally adulterated their wines using the toxic substance diethylene glycol (a primary ingredient in some brands of antifreeze) to make the wines appear sweeter and more full-bodied in the style of late harvest wines.
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References
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