Wine over time

4. - a variety of white wine grapes used for making champagne and other wines.
6. - having a pleasant flavour imparted by the oak barrel in which it was stored.
8. - especially of food or drink) resembling or containing fruit.
12. - a glass or plastic container with a narrow neck, used for storing drinks or other liquids.
13. - any light pink wine, coloured by only brief contact with red grape skins.
15. - relating to or resembling tannin.

1. - sharp-tasting or sour.
2. - the richness and weight of the wine in your mouth.
3. - a bottle stopper made of cork or a similar material.
5. - A natural part of wine that creates a lively taste and balances out the sweet and bitter components.
7. - Exposing wine to air so that it can "breathe" before drinking it.
9. - a variety of wine grapes grown in Germany, Austria, and elsewhere.
10. - having the pleasant taste characteristic of sugar or honey; not salt, sour, or bitter.
11. - a variety of black wine grapes originally from the Bordeaux region of France.
14. - an alcoholic drink made from fermented grape juice.