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USEFUL WINE TERMINOLOGY

Useful Wine Terminology
French: Cru - refers to wine from a high-quality vineyard
Sec - dry
Brut - dry (Champagne)
Demi-sec - off dry (fairly sweet for Champagne)
Doux - sweet
Liquoreux - very sweet
German: Trocken - dry
Halbtrocken - off dry
(If not stated, German wines tend to be slightly sweet)
Italian: Secco - dry
Semisecco - medium dry
Abboccatoor Amabile - medium sweet
Dolce - sweet
Spanish: Seco – dry
Semi-seco – medium dry
Dulce – sweet
Portuguese: Verde – young wine ("green")
General guidelines at the Supermarket: White Wines: 1 to 9 represent the dryness-to-sweetness spectrum (1 being the driest).
Red Wines: A to E represents wine styles—light-bodied through to full-bodied.

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