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Champagne classification - Noticeably sweet - dosage 1.5% by weight resulting in 1.7 to 3.5% sugar.
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seche

French term meaning "dried out." Applied to a wine that has spent too much time in wood and has lost its fruity freshness.
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seco

Portuguese for "Dry."
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second fermentation

Not to be confused with "secondary fermentation" which refers to malolactic fermentation. In champagne production this is the process...
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seeding

A method of removing naturally occurring potassium bitartrate (cream of tartar) from wine. Certain chemicals are added to the wine...
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sekt

When the Treaty of Versailles prohibited all European countries but France from using the term Champagne for sparkling wines,...
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