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## An illustrated wine glossary I

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![/’waɪn/ /’keɪv/](https://www.exploringtastemagazine.com/images/heritage/wine_cave.jpg)

/’waɪn/ /’keɪv/

Subterranean structures for the storage and aging of wine with high humidity and cool temperatures.

![/balˈthazə(r)/](https://www.exploringtastemagazine.com/images/heritage/balthazar.jpg)

/balˈthazə(r)/

A large bottle containing 12 liters,
the eqivalent of 16 regular wine bottles.

![/ko.da.’li/](https://www.exploringtastemagazine.com/images/heritage/caudalie.jpg)

/ko.da.’li/

The unit used to measure the persistence in mouth of a wine’s finish.
Every caudalie represents one second.

![/’nəʊz/](https://www.exploringtastemagazine.com/images/heritage/nose.jpg)

/’nəʊz/

A wine tasting term used to describe how wine smells in the glass.
‘Nosing’, or smelling, a wine is an important step in the wine tasting process.

![/səˈbrɑːʒ/](https://www.exploringtastemagazine.com/images/heritage/sabrage.jpg)

/səˈbrɑːʒ/

A technique for opening a champagne bottle with a saber.
Champagne swords are specially made for sabrage.

![/’ujaʒ/](https://www.exploringtastemagazine.com/images/heritage/ouillage.jpg)

/’ujaʒ/

The unfilled space in a barrel of wine. The word comes from the Latin oculus (eye),
a term that the Romans used for the bungholes in a figurative sense.