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Press Wine

Viniculture
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Wine extracted by pressing grapes or pomace after free-run juice has drained away.

Detailed Definition
Press wine is often darker, more tannic, and more structured because pressure draws additional compounds from skins and seeds. It can be blended back into the freer portion or kept separate, depending on the desired style. In poetry, press wine represents what only force can reveal: the dense remainder beneath ease. It asks whether pressure creates bitterness, strength, or a hidden depth that gentler methods could never release.
Example
Example in poetry:
Press wine is the darker, more tannic juice obtained by pressing grapes after the freer-flowing juice has drained; “Press wine carried the skins’ bitterness into the final blend”; In verse, press wine can represent what remains only after pressure has extracted everything easy; “He tasted press wine and heard the vineyard’s iron”; A winemaker may add a measured portion of press wine to strengthen color, body, and tannin.
Additional Notes
Press wine comes from pressing grapes or pomace after free-run juice has been collected. It commonly contains more color, tannin, and phenolic material, so winemakers may keep it separate and blend it cautiously. Gentle pressing generally produces a finer, less bitter fraction.
Also Known As
Pressings Press Fraction
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