Across
- 1. Added before fermentation of wine
- 3. Wine made from red grapes, but the juice is removed from the grape skins earlier, leaving less color in the liquid
- 6. Pieces of bark from the suberin oak tree that grows mostly in Portugal and Spain
- 7. The year in which the grapes were picked and the winemaking process began for that particular bottle
- 9. A substance exists naturally in wines in small quantities as a by-product of fermentation
- 11. Grape variatel most often used as a blending grape
- 14. In some parts of the world, when the climate or the weather has not produced enough sugar in the grapes, extra sugar is added before fermentation begins
- 15. Wine that is designed to end the meal
- 16. Sparkling wines come in red, white, and blush
Down
- 2. Wine that is sipped before dinner to stimulate the appetite or aid digestion of the upcoming meal
- 3. Periodically the wine is drawn off the residues and placed in a fresh cask to settle further
- 4. Wine that does not contain bubbles
- 5. The wine lacks sweetness
- 6. the most important and widely planted grape varietal in the world
- 8. Acts as a preservative that enables red wine to age without going stale
- 10. The type of grape used
- 12. Wine that has extra alcohol or brandy added to it
- 13. An alcoholic beverage made from rice in Japan
