Cepage (Fr.)
Grape (vine) variety.
Wine Terminology
What is carbonic maceration? What does abboccato mean? Wine terms explained in our comprehensive wine glossary
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Cellar
Literally an underground room.
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Cedar, cedary
Tasting term used to indicate the spicy smell of cedar wood,
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Cave co-operative (Fr.)
Co-operative winery.
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Cave (Fr.)
Cellar, winery.
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Cassis (Fr.)
Blackcurrant.
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Caratello (It.)
Small barrel, of about 50 litre capacity,
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Buttery
Tasting term used to indicate a rich taste or smell of butter, usually in white wine.
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Butt
Barrel used for ageing Sherry,
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Bush vine
Vine grown as a low bush,
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Brut (Fr.)
Label term used mainly for Champagne
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Brix
Scale used to measure the sugar content in grape juice (particularly in the New World).
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Branco (Por.)
White.
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Bouquet
Tasting term used to indicate the smells
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Bottle sickness, stink
Disagreeable smell or taste sometimes found in wine immediately after it is bottled.
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Bottle fermented
Sparkling wine in which the second, bubble-forming fermentation took place in bottle (rather than in tank).
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Bottle age
Period that a wine has spent ageing in bottle,
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Botte (It.)
Large barrel.
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Botrytis
Fungus which attacks grapes.
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Bordeaux mixture
Copper-based spray used to treat vines
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Body
Tasting term used to indicate the weight