Attention

You are using an old browser that may not function as expected. For a better, safer browsing experience, please upgrade your browser.

Download Chrome

Download Firefox

Download Microsoft Edge

Download Safari

Download Opera

Lexicon

The largest wine encyclopedia in the world with 25,901 Terms.

0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

R.D.

Short name for Récemment dégorgé; see there.

A legal trademark (abbreviation R.D., Recently Disgorged) of the Champagne House Bollinger, which is reserved for it. It was introduced around 1960 by the former director of the house, Christian Bizot (1928-2002). The "RD" and exact date on the label testify that the champagne in question was "recently disgorged". The essential thing here is not the relatively imprecise concept of recent disgorgement (because every champagne was disgorged at some point recently), but that a...

Full text

Voices of our members

The glossary is a monumental achievement and one of the most important contributions to wine knowledge. Of all the encyclopaedias I use on the subject of wine, it is by far the most important. That was the case ten years ago and it hasn't changed since.
Andreas Essl
Autor, Modena