Words of wines

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VEGETATIVE GROWTH CYCLE - Stages of the annual growth of the vine. The main stages are the opening out of buds, the blossoming, the berry setting, the ripening.
VINE - The vine is a liana in a natural state. Most of the wine produced in the world comes from the Vitis Vinifera species.
VINE BRANCH - Green shoot of the vine. The vine branch becomes the vine shoot when it turns into wood.
VINEYARD - All the vines of a wine estate or an appellation.
VINTAGE - Year of a wine harvest. Its mention is not obligatory but when it is mentioned on the bottle, it means that 100% of the wine has to come from this vintage.
VIRGULA OSTREA - Small fossilized oysters characteristic of the kimmeridgien.
VITIS VINIFERA - The most widespread vine species in the world for the production of wine-making grapes or table grapes.