The difference between oak and stainless steel barrels is evident. Assemblage It is the blending of several wines from different grape-varieties, independently vinified. Aperitif Any wine served before a meal. Traditionally, aperitifs were vermouths or other similar wines flavored with herbs and spices. Appellation Defines the area where a wine's grapes were grown, such as Bordeaux, Gevrey-Chambertin, Napa Valley or Russian River Valley.
Regulations vary widely from country to country.
Attractive A lighter style, fresh , easy to drink wine. The taste or flavors that linger in the mouth after the wine is tasted, spit or swallowed. Great wines have rich, long, complex aftertastes. Balance A tasting term, states whether the fruit, acid, wood flavors etc. are in the right proportion. A wine is well-balanced when none of those characteristics dominates.