Glossary entries

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Decant
carefully pour a wine into a decanter
Dégorger
To disgorge, or remove, the yeast deposit from a bottle of sparkling wine
Dégustation
wine tasting
Dépôt
A deposit that develops during bottle aging
Destem
Separating the stem from the berry
DLG
Abbreviation for Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft (German Agricultural Society)
DWI
Abbreviation for Deutsches Weininstitut (German Wine Institute)