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Word: chaptal (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...turned 1956 into a bad year for all western Europe's winegrowers-a disastrous one for Bordeaux and West Germany, a poor one in both quantity and quality for Burgundy. The government has 'already given Burgundy producers permission to strengthen some of their poorer grades by chaptalization. a doctoring process devised by one Jean Chaptal for adding sugar during fermentation to build up a wine's alcoholic content...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BURGUNDY: The Purple Harvest Comes In | 10/29/1956 | See Source »

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