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- Table wine
- Generally any wine that is not sparkling or fortified. In the US these wines must also be between 7% and 14% alcohol by volume. The term table wine also refers to a wine that is considered a good, everyday drinker.
- Tafelwein
- German term for table wine.
- Talento
- An Italian sparkling wine made according to the traditional method of Champagne--similar to the Spanish term Cava.
- Tastevin
- A silver, shallow cup used for tasting wine.
- Tasting flight
- Refers to a selection of wines, usually between three and eight glasses, but sometimes as many as fifty, presented for the purpose of sampling and comparison.
- T.B.A.
- An abbreviation for the German wine Trockenbeerenauslese.
- Trocken
- German for "dry".
- Trockenbeerenauslese
- A German term meaning approximately "A late harvest of selected dry berries". A type of German wine made from grapes affected by noble rot. Such grapes can be so rare that it can take a skilled picker a day to gather enough for just one bottle. A Prädikat in Germany and Austria.
- Typicity
- How well a wine reflects the characteristics of its grape variety and terroir
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