Descriptionary

Chianti a dry red wine produced in the Monti Chi- anti region of Italy.

claret the English term for Bordeaux red wines.

clos French term for a stone-walled vineyard.

coarse wine connoisseur's term, having a rough fla­vor with no finesse.

complex wine connoisseur's term, with multiple fla­vor overtones.

decant to pour out wine slowly into a decanter to eliminate its sediment.

demi-sec champagne term meaning half-dry.

Diamond U.S. white grape used to produce tart white wine and champagne.

Dom Perignon the 17th-century French cellarmas- ter known as the inventor of champagne.

dry not sweet.

finesse wine connoisseur's term, a distinct and deli­cate flavor.

finish a wine's aftertaste.

flabby wine connoisseur's term, having a poor qual­ity with weak, characterless flavor.

flat wine connoisseur's term, having a dull flavor; also of a sparkling wine, having lost its effervescence.

flinty wine connoisseur's term to describe a dry white wine, having a crisp flavor.

Gallo a giant winery in California.

Gamay a red grape from which Beaujolais is made.

green young, unaged, high in acidity.

Grenache a red grape used in dessert wines and roses.

hard having the flavor of tannin; barely aged.

Inglenook California winery known for its Caber­net Sauvignon wines.

Kabinett German term meaning the driest of wines.

Madeira a fortified Portuguese wine, similar to a sherry in flavor.

mellow wine connoisseur's term, soft with full flavor.

Moselle German river and adjacent area where deli­cate white wines are produced.

must the juice drawn from the grapes in the first step of wine making.

musty wine connoisseur's term, having a flavor sim­ilar to old, rotten wood, as a moldy wine cask.

Napa Valley renowned wine-producing region north of San Francisco, California.

WINES AND WINE TERMS 201 nose boquet of a wine.

petillant French term for a wine with slight sparkle.

Petite-Syrah a grape that produces a deep red wine.

Pinot Blanc a white grape used mostly for blending.

Pinot Chardonnay a white grape that produces French white Burgundies and California white wines.

piquant wine connoisseur's term, having a lively and not unpleasant acidic flavor.

port Portuguese blended dessert wine.

Rheingau renowned wine-producing region on the banks of the Rhine in Germany.

Rhine wine German white wine produced on the banks of the Rhine River.

rose a fruity, pink-colored wine.

rough wine connoisseur's term, not aged long enough and having a puckerish or coarse aftertaste.

Sauternes in Bordeaux, a wine district known for its sweet white wines.

sec French term for dry.

sherry Spanish wine fortified with brandy.

short wine connoisseur's term, having a taste that is only briefly perceived.

Soave Italian dry white wine.

soft a low alcohol content.

sommelier French term for a wine waiter who has keys to and great knowledge of the wine cellar. A wine steward.

spritzer a cold drink made of wine mixed with spar­kling water.

tannin a substance in wine known to produce an astringent flavor.

tart having a sharp flavor.

Tokay Hungarian white dessert wine.

Trockenbeerenauslese German term for a white wine produced from a very late harvest of grapes that has been infected with botrytis.

varietal wine any wine named after the principal grape it is made from.

vin ordinaire French term for a cheap, red wine.

vintage the year of a grape's harvest, as labeled on a bottle of wine.

vintner a wine merchant.

wine cooler a mixed cold drink of wine, fruit juice, and soda water.

woody wine connoisseur's term, having a woody taste as if it were left too long in its cask.

Zinfandel a red grape that produces a fruity red wine when young. When aged, it produces a rich, complex wine.

URNITURE

beds

bunk bed two beds stacked one atop the other on a single, adjoining frame.

canopy bed a four-poster bed.

davenport multiple definitions, one of which is a sofa bed.

four-poster bed a bed having four corner posts for suspending a canopy. Also, a bed with four posts but no canopy.

futon a Japanese couch consisting of an adjustable frame and one large, folded cushion, which unfolds with the frame to form a bed.

Murphy bed a bed that folds up into a closet or spe­cial cabinet when not in use, designed for small spaces.

sleigh bed a bed resembling a sleigh, popular in the first half of the 1800s. It is characterized by a high, back-curving, scrolled headboard and footboard.

tester a canopy.

trundle bed a very low bed mounted on wheels and stored under a normal-size bed, popular from the 15th through the 19th centuries.