enology

the study of wine and wine-making

TRANSLATION

die Weinkunde, die Weinlehre, die Weinwissenschaft

STATISTICS

IN THE PRESS

Frédéric Brochet, a researcher with the ENOLOGY faculty of the University of Bordeaux, once asked some experts to describe two wines whose labels indicated a distinguished grand-cru classe and a cheap table wine.

Actually, Brochet had filled both bottles with a third, average wine. His subjects were profoundly impressed by the supposed grand cru - and dismissive of the same wine in the other bottle.

The Times of London covered Brochet's research in a piece headlined: "CHEEKY LITTLE TEST EXPOSES WINE 'EXPERTS' AS WEAK AND FLAT."

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enology (US)

This American term is used to describe the study and the making of wine.

"enology" from the Greek oinos, wine + -logy


NOTE:

viticulture = der Weinbau

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