Wine labels can feel like a foreign language ... Old vines (vieilles vignes, viñas viejas): Grapes from older vines, often producing more concentrated flavors. Barrel-aged/oaked: Indicates the wine ...

Wine labels can feel like a foreign language ... often producing more concentrated flavors. Barrel-aged/oaked: Indicates the wine spent time in oak barrels. You can expect richer, toastier ...

Denotes a wine that has spent a period of time in barrels before bottling. This affects wine in numerous ways—the flavors in newly blended wines knit together, tannins in red wines soften and white ...

Its Dry Rye Reposado gin is a uniquely Californian take on a barrel-aged gin. “St. George uses ex-wine casks from Blacksmith Cellars, run by winemaker Matt Smith, brother of head distiller Dave ...