🍷 Winemaker's Glossary 🍷
Wine begins with the juice of these fruits
What are grapes?
The goddess of love
Who is Aphrodite?
"Easy peasy, lemon ______"
What is squeezy?
This civic responsibility requires citizens to serve as members of a group that decides the outcome of a trial
What is jury duty?
These microscopic single-celled organisms lack a nucleus
What are bacteria?
This process converts grape juice into wine as yeast turns sugar into alcohol
What is fermentation?
This king of the gods is known as "Jupiter" in Roman mythology
Who is Zeus?
"Sticks and stones may break my _______"
What are bones?
This person presents evidence and argues that a defendant committed a crime
What is a prosecutor?
These specialized cells transport oxygen and repair injuries by forming clots
What are blood cells?
This Spanish punch is traditionally made with red wine; its name comes from the Spanish word meaning "blood"
What is sangria?
He was nearly invulnerable, except for that cursed heel!
Who is Achilles?
This phrase refers to nonsense or trickery often associated with magicians; it's also the name of a 1993 Disney film
What is hocus pocus?
This constitutional protection allows a person to refuse to answer questions that could incriminate them in a legal proceeding
What is the Fifth Amendment?
Habitat destruction is one of the greatest threats to this, the variety of life in an ecosystem
What is biodiversity?
A wine that has been exposed to too much air is considered this
What is oxidized?
A creature that's part man, part goat; think Grover from Percy Jackson
What is a satyr?
💣 "See you later, alligator!"
"After a while, __________" 💣
What is a crocodile?
The person or party initiating a civil lawsuit by filing a complaint
What is a plaintiff?
Adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine are all examples of this type of DNA building block
What is a base?
This sparkling wine from northeastern Italy shares its name with the village where it was historically produced
What is Prosecco?
These sisters controlled the thread of human destiny: one spun it, one measured it, and one cut it
Who are the Three Fates?
This phrase means something is excellent or the best; the term evolved from a 19th-century British phrase
What is the bee's knees?
A written or printed statement made under oath
What is an affidavit?
Along with the alpha helix, this is one of the two major types of protein secondary structure
What is a beta-pleated sheet?