Maytte Rivera Beneficio System The Beneficio System is used in the Douro region of Portugal to classify vineyards and establish the amount of Port wine that each winery can produce. Created in 1933 by the Instituto dos Vinhos do Do... Sep 11, 2024
Maytte Rivera Vitis Vinifera Vitis Vinifera is the scientific name of the grape vine used to produce most of the wines of the world. It is native to central Europe and southwest Asia, where it was domesticated around 7,000 BC in ... Sep 5, 2024
Maytte Rivera Aromatized Wine Aromatized wines consist of a base wine that has been infused with botanicals like herbs, fruits, spices, roots, or flowers. They usually start with a white wine, then the ingredients are added and al... Sep 5, 2024
Maytte Rivera Mosto cotto Mosto cotto refers to cooked grape must that is used to produce fortified wines in the region of Marsala in Sicily. It is made by heating a mixture of grape juice, skins, and seeds for about 3 days to... Aug 23, 2024
Maytte Rivera Ballast Ballast is a type of soil that predominates in the wine producing region of Maldonado in Uruguay. It arises from what is known as “crystalline basement”, the base where more than 2.5 billion years ago... Aug 23, 2024
Maytte Rivera Disgorgement Disgorgement is one of the main processes in the production of sparkling wines made in the traditional method , by which the sediments that have collected in the neck after riddling are expelled from ... Aug 9, 2024
Maytte Rivera Traditional method The traditional method of producing sparkling wines, also known as “méthode champenoise”, requires that the bubbles are created inside each individual bottle and the clarification done in the same bot... Aug 1, 2024
Maytte Rivera Riddling (Remuage) Riddling, or “remuage”, is a main process in the production of sparkling wines made in the traditional method, like cava and champagne. After the second fermentation in the bottle and ageing, left ove... Aug 1, 2024
Maytte Rivera Brix Brix, or °Bx, refers to the measure used by winemakers to estimate sugar content in grapes, juice and wine. It is named after Adolf Ferdinand Wenceslaus Brix, a German scientist who developed the meth... Jul 19, 2024
Maytte Rivera Ripasso Ripasso is the process of macerating dried grapes with fermented wine to increase its flavor intensity, color, alcohol, and texture. It is used in various regions of Italy, especially for the red wine... Jul 17, 2024
Maytte Rivera Pazo Pazos are large manors built by nobility during the 17th century in the region of Galicia in western Spain. The word derives from the Latin “palatium”, or palace. Usually located in the countryside, p... Jun 27, 2024
Maytte Rivera Estate Bottled Estate Bottled is a term used in the United States to refer to wines made with grapes grown and harvested by the winery, and the processes of fermentation, ageing and bottling are done in the winery. ... Jun 27, 2024