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solera — sōˈlerə noun ( s) Etymology: Spanish, crossbeam, stone base, mother liquor, from suelo ground, floor, dregs, from Latin solum ground, base 1. : a set of Spanish sherry vats arranged in tiers usually three high in a storage shed … Useful english dictionary
solera — солерное вино solera wine солерное вино solera system система получения солерных вин … English-Russian travelling dictionary
Solera — For Costa Rican jurist, see Fernando Baudrit Solera. Sherry solera Solera is a process for aging liquids such as wine, beer, vinegar, and brandy, by fractional blending in such a way that the finished product is a mixture of ages, with the… … Wikipedia
solera — /soh lair euh/; Sp. /saw le rddah/, n. 1. (esp. in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing. 2. a classification for the sherries or brandies having the greatest maturity in a… … Universalium
wine — wineless, adj. winish, adj. /wuyn/, n., adj., v., wined, wining. n. 1. the fermented juice of grapes, made in many varieties, such as red, white, sweet, dry, still, and sparkling, for use as a beverage, in cooking, in religious rites, etc., and… … Universalium
wine — Synonyms and related words: Alba Flora, Algarve, Alsace, Anjou, Assmannshausen, Bad Kreuznach, Barbera, Bardolino, Barsac, Beaujolais, Beaune, Bordeaux, Bucelas, Burgundy, Cahors, Canary, Castelli Romani, Catawba, Chalonnais, Chambertin,… … Moby Thesaurus
solera — noun a) A method of producing sherry in which small amounts of younger wines stored in an upper tier of casks are systematically blended with the more mature wine in the casks below b) A large wine cask, on the bottom tier in this system, that… … Wiktionary
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