Contact
If we can be of any assistance please don't hesitate to contact us, or drop by the Rose & Crown during business hours:
email: roseandcrown@alderney.ws
phone: +44 (0) 1481 823414
fax: +44 (0) 1481 823615
The Rose & Crown Hotel
Le Huret,
Alderney
UK Channel Islands
Delivery on Alderney is free :-) we deliver Monday to Saturday between 10am and 1pm.
Please note that we cannot deliver off-island.
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Glossary
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Meaty: With savoury flavours and chewy.
Methuselah: A large bottle holding six litres, the equivalent of eight regular wine bottles.
Microoxygenation: The controlled exposure of wine to small amounts of oxygen in the attempt to reduce the length of time required for maturation.
Midpalate: A tasting term for the feel and taste of a wine when held in the mouth.
Millerandage: A French term referring to a viticultural problem in which grape bunches contain berries of greatly differing size and levels of maturity. Caused by cool weather during flowering.
Mis en boutielle au château: French for `bottled at the winery`, usually in Bordeaux.
Mouthfeel: The texture of a wine in the mouth.
Mulled wine: Wine that is spiced, heated, and served as a punch.
Must: Unfermented grape juice, including pips, skins and stalks.
Must weight: The level of fermentable sugars in the must and the resultant alcohol content if all the sugar was converted to ethanol.
Négociant: French for `trader`. A wine merchant who assembles the produce of smaller growers and winemakers and sells the result under its own name.
Nebuchadnezzar: A large bottle holding 15 litres, the equivalent of 20 regular wine bottles.
New World wine: Wines produced outside of the traditional wine growing areas of Europe and North Africa.
Noble rot: Another name for the `Botrytis cinerea` mould that can pierce grape skins causing dehydration. The resulting grapes produce a highly prized sweet wine, generally dessert wine.
Nose: A tasting term for the aroma or bouquet of a wine.
Oak chips: Small pieces of oak wood used in place of oak barrels in fermenting and/or ageing wine.
Oenology: The science of wine and winemaking.
Oenophile: A wine aficionado or connoisseur.
Old vine: Wine produced from vines that are notably old.
Old World wine: Wines produced inside of the traditional wine growing areas of Europe and North Africa.
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