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:This article is about the beverage. See Wine (software) for an article about the software of the same name.

List of other wine-related data

Wine-based drinks

  • List of cocktails with wine
  • Brandy: A general term for distilled wine.
  • Calimocho: A cheap alcoholic drink, comprising 50% red wine and 50% cola drink.
  • Mulled wine (known in Scandinavia as Glögg): A red wine, combined with spices, and usually served hot.
  • Sangria Spanish: A wine punch, comprising red wine, chopped fruits, sugar, and a small amount of brandy or other spirits.
  • Spritzer: A tall, chilled drink, usually made of white wine and soda water.
  • Wine cooler: An alcoholic beverage made from wine and fruit juice, often in combination with a carbonated beverage and sugar.
  • Zurracapote: A popular Spanish alcoholic drink comprising mainly of red wine, spirit, fruit juice, sugar and cinnamon.
  • Rebujito: A mixture of manzanilla wine, mixed with a soft drink like Sprite or 7 Up.
  • Non-alcoholic wine

Wine-related objects

  • Aging barrel: A barrel used to age wine or distilled spirits.
  • Amphora: A type of ceramic vase, used for transporting and storing wine.
  • Barrel: A hollow cylindrical container, traditionally made of wood staves, used for fermenting and aging wine.
  • Butt: An old English unit of wine casks, equivalent to about 477 litres or 126 US gallons (105 imperial gallons).
  • Cork (material): Tissue material, harvested from the Cork oak tree, and very suitable as a material for bottle stoppers.
  • Corkscrew: A tool, comprising a pointed metallic helix attached to a handle, for drawing stopping corks from bottles.
  • Screwcap: An alternative to cork for sealing wine bottles, comprising a metal cap that screws onto threads on the neck of a bottle.
  • Wine bottle: A small container, with a neck that is narrower than the body, that allows long-term aging of wine when combined with a high-quality stopper, such as a cork.
  • Wine cooler: An accessory, such as an ice bucket, for cooling wine.
  • Wine label: The label on a wine bottle that must provide at least the minimum amount of information prescribed by law.
  • Wine-press: A device, comprising two vats or receptacles, one for trodding and bruising grapes, and the other for collecting the juice.
  • Wine stopper: An accessory, used to close leftover wine bottles because it is hard to put the original cork back into the bottleneck.
  • Wine accessory.

Professions

  • Cooper: Someone who makes wooden barrels, casks, and other similar wooden objects.
  • Négociant: A wine merchant who assembles the produce of smaller growers and winemakers, and sells them under his own name.
  • Sommelier: A waiter in a restaurant who specializes in wine.
  • Vintner (also called "oenologist"): A winemaker or wine merchant.

Prominent personalities

Vineyards and distributors

Films

  • Mondovino, USA/France 2004: A documentary film directed by American film maker, Jonathan Nossiter, explaining the impact of globalization on the various wine-producing regions.
  • Sideways, 2004: A comedy/drama film, directed by Alexander Payne, with the tagline: In search of wine. In search of women. In search of themselves., in which wine, particularly Pinot Noir, plays a central role.