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Article: Wine cheat sheet 101.
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- Cheers
- Article date:
- March 1, 2003
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Does your staff struggle with Barbaresco and Barbera? Need help with Pinots Blanc, Gris and Noir? Can't explain your way out of a barrique? Noted wine writer Dan Berger offers a helpful glossary for beginners.
Too often, wine terminology confuses more than explains. A hodge-podge of agricultural and technical terms, subjective judgements and lasting note fancy can result in a book or magazine article so technical the average reader (for whom it is written) gets lost.
The following glossary can help. Start new staffers with some of these basics and you'll be arming them with handy reference tools for dealing with a few basic customer questions.
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