More Wonderful Winey Words

Bung - the plug which seals the barrel.

Bunghole - the hole in the barrel where the bung goes.

Brettanomyces – which wino's shorten to Bretts. You don't want that – it's a yeast which spoils the wine making it taste mousy or metallic) 

Barrique - 225 litre wine barrel

Foxy - a musty odour & flavour of a specific wine.

Lees - sediment consisting of dead yeast cells, grape pulp, seed, and other grape matter that accumulates during fermentation.

Must - unfermented grape juice, including seeds, skins, and stems.

Negotiant – a wine merchant

Phylloxera - a microscopic insect that kills grape vines by attacking their roots which is why all grape vines are grafted onto the disease resistant North American root stock. 

Ullage - the space left in bottles and barrels as wine evaporates.