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January 2004
The Topic Wine



Across
1. Syrah - alternative spelling
3. Rises to the surface during fermentation
6. Italian wine style made from semi-dried grapes
8. Italian. Category of wine quality
10. Bitterness in some wines due to tannins
11. Short for California
12. Australian wine growing region
14. Famous wine region in Northern Spain
17. Flavor found in red wine
19. Outer covering of grape
20. Odor detected in certain wines, like Riesling or Chardonnay
22. French for farm house in the south
24. aka TCA
28. Italian wine producer
29. A Portuguese wine estate or cellar
30. Bulgarian wine quality category
31. Italian wine producer
33. Treating wine with unauthorized ingredients
34. Delimited geographical grape-growing area in the U.S.
36. Type of sherry
39. Wine without much color
40. California wine producer
41. Postal code for US wine state
42. Portugal designation
43. Allowing wine to breathe
44. French term for must
45. Describes wine of limited quality

Down
1. Wine fortified with alcohol
2. needed to develop characteristics
3. French wine broker
4. Italian wine producer
5. A nebulous tasting term
7. Newest wine container
9. Trichloranisole
12. Italian. New style of wine
13. Type of regional wine cooperative
15. Postal code for US wine state
16. U.S. wine producing state
18. Type of harvesting system
21. Passed in 1919, repealed in 1933
22. Postal code for US wine state
23. The common name for Chenin Blanc in South Africa
25. Analytical evaluation of wine using all senses
26. German code denoting a wines bio
27. aka Icewine
30. Aged Greek wine
31. Canadian wine maker of Cedar Creek
32. Short for Zinfandel
35. Spanish for old
36. Lack of acidity, lost efervescence
37. Opus ___
38. Italian wine producer
41. French for "wine"
42. Driving while intoxicated

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