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What do you call the cellar space for the maturing cognac?

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Lexicon

The largest wine encyclopedia in the world with 25,823 Terms.

Have you ever wondered?

Vaeni Naoussa

The wine question of the day

What do you call the cellar space for the maturing cognac?

Correct answer is: Paradis

Paradis

Themes Portals

Grape varieties - the 150 most widely cultivated wine grape varieties in the world

From Château d’Yquem to Château Mouton-Rothschild and Penfolds to Veuve Clicquot

More than 50 terms from ampelography to DNA, varietal characteristics to breeding and cultivation

41 federal states from Arizona to California, New York and Virginia to Wisconsin

Winemaking - 75 techniques from de-stemming to sulphuring, macération carbonique and micro-oxygenation to fining, filtration and centrifuging

Quotes and references - Wine-related quotes from 75 famous people, from Aristoteles and Goethe, and from Napoleon to Zuckmayer

Wine faults - more than 70 terms from bottle shock to rotten eggs, foxy notes and cork taint to untypical ageing notes

largest wine companies in the world - around 50 multi-nationals from Allied Domecq to Accolade Wines, Bronco Wine Company, Diageo, Gallo and HAWESKO to Moueix and Treasury Wine Estates

Long-lived wines that are still drinkable at 90, 140, 186, 237, 326 and 421 years of age

From Caecuber to Falernian, Pucinean, Raeticean to Surrentine

From storage to temperature, glasses and decanting to pouring and serving

more than 20 distilled spirits from cognac to grappa, marc and Metaxa to brandy

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