Brewing Dictionary 📖
Commonly used winemaking terms and their meanings.
Potassium sorbate
Wine Ingredient
A preservative and stabiliser for wines.
Pressing
The process in which juice is extracted from grapes using a wine press before fermentation.
Punching Down
Winemaking Process
The process of manually submerging the cap of skins and solids into the must during fermentation to prevent drying out and to extract colour and tannins.
Punt
It is the dent at the bottom of a glass bottle.
Racking
Winemaking Process
The process of moving the wine from one container to another, so the sediment is removed.
Red Wine
Type of Wine
Type of wine that is made from red or black grapes, where grape juice is fermented together with the grape skin.
Residual Sugar
Wine Component
The unfermented sugar remaining in a wine.
Rosé
Type of Wine
Wine with a pink hue, made from red grapes.
Secondary Fermentation
Winemaking Process
The second fermentation that usually happens after transferring the wine to a different container.
Silky
Wine Characteristic
Tasting term for wines that feel smooth in the mouth.
