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trockenbeerenauslese

Trockenbeerensauslese is German for "selected dried grapes." TBA wines are composed of individually harvested grapes which have reached the highest stage of botrytis infection with many of the grapes having proceeded to the raisin stage. These wines are difficult...

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troken

German for "dry", these wines contain less than 9 grams per liter of residual sugar. This leaves you with a wine that has no perceptible sweetness.

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tufa

Volcanic rocks which are vent-based (this means that rather than being lava-based, they have been ejected as solid material and fractured through the force of the volcanic explosions that sent them).

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tuile

A French term (literally meaning the "color of tile") applied to wines that have taken on a orange tint, a sign of age.

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tun

A container used for storing wine which holds 954 litres (252 US gallons).

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two-heart canopy

A unique trellising system where the heart of the vine splits into a wishbone design, then splits again into four arms. By dividing the heart of the vine, the arms can be spread further apart, thus giving each vine's canopy better exposure to sunlight...

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