The process of removing shoots that are not fruit bearing.

Used often in Bordeaux by growers that want to replace unhealthy, or under performing vines with vine cuttings produced from the estates oldest, best vines from their vineyard. This helps promote a mo [..]

Quality, price ratio. A way to value a wine. Most of the time, this is for value wines.

Dense wines are filled with high levels of raw material giving the wine concentration. This is positive.

The forest region in France where Troncais grows. Wood from the Troncais oak trees produces the best oak for use in wine barrels, due to its tight grains.

Also known as an AVA, specific grape growing area that is marked by its unique terroir and the wines from the region. AVA’s are granted that status by the bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Tax and Trade.

Wines that can age, are of high quality as they get better with cellaring. Aged wines, are bottles that have been cellared.

An aggressive wine is usually too high in acidity. The term can also be used to describe wines with hard tannins.

This is one of the top components to a great wine. The length of time a wine spends in your mouth once you’ve finished tasting it, is much of what you pay for in a good wine. Of course assuming the fl [..]

What happens to a wine when you add air to help its perfume become more noticeable.