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Weeper
This actually doesn’t describe wine drinkers who get sentimental when they drink certain bottles. Rather, this refers to a bottle of wine that’s weeping or slowly leaking wine from the cork due to a small space around it. This could be the result of a faulty cork or because the bottle wasn’t stored on its side to keep the cork damp and therefore it dried and shrunk. A weeping wine isn’t necessarily spoiled, just as a weeping drinker isn’t necessarily maudlin.

Weighty

Strong, powerful, full-bodied, and forceful.

Wein

The German word for wine.

Weingut (Germany)

Describes an estate which owns vineyards as a source of fruit for its wine.

Weinkellerei (Germany)
Describes an estate which buys in grapes to make wine, rather than owning its own vineyards.

Wine

An alcoholic beverage produced by the fermentation of the juice of fruits and berries, but usually grapes.

WO (South Africa)
Stands for 'Wine of Origin'. The South African equivalent of the French Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée, the Spanish Denominación de Origen and the Italian Denominazione di Origine Controllata.

Woody
An excessive aroma of wood, common to wines aged too long in cask or barrel.



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