So, I pop open a bottle of Chianti for a customer to try and tell him: "that wine is going to be a little closed since I just opened it".
One of my colleagues here at Balaban's comments: "do you know how totally ridiculous that sounds, except maybe to a bunch of wine geeks"?
Well, now that I think about it … yeah, that does sound kind of goofy.
Goofy. Now there's a word I haven't used in long time.
"Goofy" is actually one of my favorite Disney characters.
But I digress.
It's true. I suppose just like any other industry, the wine world has its words and phrases that can cause some head scratching.
Take, for example, the word "disgorgement".
No, this is not something that occurs in your bathroom after a night of raucous drinking and nasty eating.
Disgorgement is actually a process in making Champagne and other sparkling wines whereby sediment - specifically dead yeast cells - is removed from the bottle to make the wines crystal clear, and well, "sparkling".
If you are interested in more information on "disgorgement" check out the link below:
Have a great weekend!
Tom
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