A Wine Lexicon: Increasing Your Knowledge

A Wine Lexicon: Increasing Your Knowledge is an enjoyable and easy-to-use guide to the unique wine vocabulary with anecdotes gleaned from 10 years of wine experiences. Discover what wine enthusiasts are referring to when they use particular wine words. Numerous wine stories are described.

Among many concepts, find out:

How wine is produced in a Georgian qvevri
How to expectorate (spit) wine like a pro
How to participate in a structured wine tasting
How to clean your wine glasses
How terroir affects wine
How to pair wine with chocolate and other foods
How ice wines and late harvest wines differ

Terry Sullivan is an author and wine travel writer. Taking thousands of photographs and writing articles, Terry and his wife Kathy visited over 1,300 wineries and vineyards in Europe, North America and Oceania. Terry and Kathy have written three books. The third book, Georgia, Sakartvelo: the Birthplace of Wine was published in March 2014. Since 2008, Terry and Kathy have been making wine at home and at wineries in Virginia, Maryland and the country Georgia. Terry has been a presenter at the International Wine Tourism Conference in Perugia, Italy, Zagreb, Croatia and Tbilisi, Georgia. After 34 years in education as an elementary and middle school teacher and university lecturer, Terry Sullivan began a second career as an author, writer and blogger. The most recent book, Georgia, Sakartvelo: the Birthplace of Wine was published in March 2014. The book examines the 8,000-year history of wine growing and winemaking in what is now the country Georgia. Taking thousands of photographs and writing articles, Terry and his wife Kathy visited and wrote about over 1,200 wineries and vineyards in Europe, North America and Oceania. In 2008 Terry began making wine both at home as well as at wineries in Virginia, Maryland and the country Georgia. Terry is the only winemaker in Maryland making a wine in qvevri buried underground. Qvevri winemaking is the only wine making process that is on the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Terry has been a presenter at the International Wine Tourism Conference 2012 in Perugia, Italy, 2013 in Zagreb, Croatia and 2014 in Tbilisi, Georgia. He has also presented at the Eastern Winery Exposition in Pennsylvania in 2013. In 2015, Terry presented at the annual Wine Bloggers Conference, meeting in Corning, New York.

Kathy Sullivan, co-owner of Wine Trail Traveler LLC, has been visiting wineries and vineyards and writing about the experiences. For ten years, she has written about the enjoyment and adventure of wine. Kathy enjoys exploring the world of wine and using the Wine Trail Traveler website to promote an appreciation of wine. In addition to her interest in wine, she also writes about olive oil and cheese, two of her favorite food items.