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Saignée (sehn-YAY) Bleeding off juice to concentrate red wine or make rosé

Sans soufre (sahn soo-FRUH) Without added sulfur

Sec (SEHK) Dry

Sélection de Grains Nobles (say-lek-see-OHN duh grahn NOH-bluh) Selection of noble (botrytized) berries - sweet wine designation

Sélection massale (say-lek-see-OHN mah-SAHL) Mass selection - propagating from best vines

Soutirage (soo-tee-RAHZH) Racking - transferring wine off lees

Sur lie (soor LEE) On the lees - aging wine on dead yeast

Sur pointe (soor PWAHNT) Bottles stored neck down for riddling