Tannin: A compound in the skin and seeds of grapes that is essential in providing substance and backbone to red wines.*

Labrusca: A family of grapes – Vitis Labrusca – native to North America.*

Terroir: Borrowed from the French, this term encompasses the entire environment–soil, climate, aspect–that makes a vineyard special.*

Must: Unfermented grape pulp or juice.*

Acreage: British Columbia currently has an estimated 9,100 acres under vine, up from just 1,000 acres planted in 1989.

*Schreiner, John - British Columbia Wine Country, Whitecap Books Ltd., 2003

  
 
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