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

Log in Become a Member

wood matured

See under Barrel.

Anglo-American hollow measure for wine and beer and also a barrel type with 119.335 (England) and 119.240 litres (USA). This corresponds to half a hogshead. In the Anglo-American world, barrel is also used as a synonym for barrique barrel, which describes a barrel type with 225 litres. The oil barrel, however, consists of 159 litres. However, the term "barrel" in winemaking can also mean the ageing of wine in barrels, i.e. barrique ageing, as is the case colloquially, especially in German-speaking countries, with "aged in barrique".

Ageing terms

In the New World, various terms are commonly used in...

Voices of our members

Thorsten Rahn

The Wine lexicon helps me to keep up to date and refresh my knowledge. Thank you for this Lexicon that will never end in terms of topicality! That's what makes it so exciting to come back often.

Thorsten Rahn
Restaurantleiter, Sommelier, Weindozent und Autor; Dresden

The world's largest Lexicon of wine terms.

26,387 Keywords · 46,995 Synonyms · 5,323 Translations · 31,721 Pronunciations · 203,075 Cross-references
made with by our author Norbert F. J. Tischelmayer. About the Lexicon

EVENTS NEAR YOU

PREMIUM PARTNERS