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Sabra: Israeli liqueur that is flavored with Jaffa orange and chocolate.
Safari: Yellow Dutch liqueur flavored with exotic fruits, such as mango, papaya, and wild limes. It is twenty percent alcohol by volume.
Sake: A wine produced from rice that has originated in Japan.
Salmanazar: An oversized wine bottle that contains the equivalent of 12 750-ml wine bottles.
Salsa: Spanish for "sauce" that often refers to a hot sauce.
Sambuca: Italian licorice-flavored liqueur made from elderberries.
Sancerre (sahn-sair): A small yet well-established wine-growing region in central France's upper Loire Valley. It produces crisp, refreshing wines made with Sauvignon Blanc grapes.
Sangria: Beverage originating from Spain; it is produced from red wine, sugar and fruits and is often garnished with fresh fruits and berries.
Schloss: German word for "castle". On a wine label, it is equivalent to the French word "château."
Schnapps: Dry European spirit. Popular flavors include apple, peppermint, peach, black cherry, cinnamon, and wild berry among others.
Schwarzbier (shwartz-beer): Dark lager with roasted overtones.
Schweppes: Carbonated soft drink that is normally quite bitter. It is now available in multiple flavors.
Scotch: Whiskey distilled in Scotland, usually from malted barley, that is broadly divided into two types: blended and single-malt.
Scottish Ale: Scottish Ale is normally malty in flavor. There are two classification systems for this brew: the first are grouped as Light, Heavy, Export, and Strong; the other is the Shillings system, created to refer to the tax system, therefore the higher the alcohol, the higher the tax.
Sec: A French term meaning "dry," which makes sense on wine labels, but is confusingly used to mean the complete opposite on Champagne bottles.
Secco: Italian for "dry" (wine). It is the equivalent to the French "sec."
Sémillon (seh-mee-yohn): White grape variety that makes fine dry wines and late-harvest dessert wines. They are found mostly in France's Bordeaux region and in Australia. Often, they are blended with Sauvignon Blanc.
Sekt: The German word for sparkling wine.
Sercial (sair-s'yahl): One of several primary wine types produced on the island of Madeira.
Seyval Blanc: A white grape variety grown mostly in France and in the eastern United States that can make good-quality wine.
Sherry: Dessert wine from southern Spain.
Silver Rum: Rum without extended aging or added flavorings or colorings.
Simple syrup: a combination of water and granulated sugar that, when boiled, condenses into a clear, sweet syrup--often used in cocktail recipes and cooking.
Sirop de Menthe: French word for "peppermint syrup".
Skimmed Milk: Milk with a reduced amount of fat--normally less than one percent.
Skyy Vodka: A smooth, eighty proof vodka.
Slivovitz: 1. European plum brandy whose base fruit is a particular variety of black plum called the Madjarka. 2. Serbian plum brandy which used to be one hundred proof but now is down to eighty proof.
Sloe gin: Cordial or liqueur whose primary flavor is derived from sloe berries.
Smirnoff 100 Vodka: The famous Smirnoff vodka. It is 100 proof.
Smirnoff Lemon Twist Vodka: A lemon flavored vodka produced by Smirnoff.
Smirnoff Vodka: Famous brand of vodka that was originally produced in Poland but that is now made in the United Kingdom and in the United States. It comes in different varieties and flavors.
Snapple: North American brand of soft drinks and iced teas. There are many flavors and varieties of Snapple.
Soave (SWAH-veh): One of the traditional types of Italian white table wines produced in the Veneto region of northern Italy. One of the primary ingredients for this type of wine is the Garganega grape.
Soda Water: A type of sparkling water containing bicarbonate of soda. It works to fight and prevent heart burns.
Solera: Spanish system for aging and slow blending of Sherries in barrels. It involves the blending of many different vintages together.
Sommelier (SO-mel-yeh): French term for a wine steward or waiter that is in charge of serving wine at a restaurant or hotel.
Sonoma County: Coastal county north of San Francisco; it is one of the top wine-producing areas of California.
Sour mash: Blended grain mash used to produce whiskeys.
Sour mash Whiskey: Type of Bourbon in which a portion of sour mash from a previous distillation is added to fresh mash and then fermented for three to four days before being distilled.
Southern Comfort: Fruity American whiskey liqueur.
Sparkling Wine: Any wine with bubbles; the term is most often used for bubblies that do not come from the Champagne region of France.
Spätburgunder (spate-berg-under): German name for Pinot Noir, a medium-bodied, light-colored red wine.
Spätlese (spate-lay-zuh): The German word with its translated meaning being "late-harvest" wine. It is usually sweet yet has balanced acidity and is normally high in quality.
Speyside Single Malt Scotch: This is normally lighter in body with richer flavors and more complex tastes than those of other Highland malts. The flavors generally include fruit, leaf, and honey notes. This is the sweetest-seeming of the Highland malts.
Spirits: Any distilled beverages or other beverages blended from distillates and other ingredients. Generally, a spirit is any alcoholic beverage that isn't a wine or beer.
Split: Bottle size referring to a 375-ml bottle, which is half of a standard 750-ml wine or Champagne bottle.
Spumante: Italian sparkling wine.
Squirt: Grapefruit soda.
St. Hallvard: Norwegian herb flavored liqueur with a potato based spirit.
St. Raphael: Fortified red wine flavoured with quinine. It was invented in 1830 by Jupet, a blind Frenchman.
Steam Beer: A beer that has a good amber-ale sweetness and the light body of a lager. It is trademarked by Anchor Brewing in San Francisco and is gaining fame under the generic name of "California Common".
Steinhaeger: Brand of German gin that is flavored with juniper.
Stellenbosch (stel-len-bosh): Leading wine-growing district in South Africa that is located near Cape Town.
Stolichnaya Cinnamon Vodka: This is also known as Stoli Zinamon Vodka; it is a cinnamon-flavoured vodka produced by Stolichnaya.
Stolichnaya Coffee Vodka: This is also known as Stoli Kafya Vodka; it is a coffee-flavoured vodka produced by Stolichnaya.
Stolichnaya Lemon Vodka: This is also known as Stoli Limonnaya Vodka; it is a lemon-flavoured vodka produced by Stolichnaya.
Stolichnaya Orange Vodka: This is also known as Stoli Ohranj Vodka; it is an orange-flavoured vodka produced by Stolichnaya.
Stolichnaya Peach Vodka: This is also known as Stoli Persik Vodka; it is a peach-flavoured vodka produced by Stolichnaya.
Stolichnaya Pepper Vodka: This is also known as Stoli Pertsovka Vodka; it is a pepper-flavoured vodka produced by Stolichnaya.
Stolichnaya Raspberry Vodka: This is also known as Stoli Razberi Vodka; it is a raspberry-flavoured vodka produced by Stolichnaya.
Stolichnaya Strawberry Vodka: This is also known as Stoli Strasberi Vodka; it is a strawberry-flavoured vodka produced by Stolichnaya.
Stolichnaya Vanilla Vodka: This is also known as Stoli Vanil Vodka; it is a vanilla-flavoured vodka produced by Stolichnaya.
Stolichnaya Vodka: One of the most popular Russian vodkas. It is also called the vodka of Moscow and comes in many different flavors. It is forty percent alcohol by volume.
Stout: Dark, roasted ale with a fuller body than its porter brethren.
Strawberry Syrup: 1. Sweet, thick liquid used for cooking or baking and flavored with strawberry. 2. Mixture of sugar dissolved in water and flavoured with strawberry.
Stroh Rum: Brand of rum produced in Austria.
Strega: Italian liqueur flavored with citrus fruits. Supposedly, it is based upon a witches's brew. The Italian translation of this liquer is "witch".
Strong Ale: A malty ale produced with good hops that normally has a high alcohol content.
Sugar Cube: Sugar sold in the shape of a cube--as opposed to powder sugar.
Sugar Syrup: Sugar sold in a liquid form. It can be found either as clear sugar syrup or as brown sugar syrup.
Sulfites: Natural chemical used almost universally in small quantities in winemaking to prevent spoilage and oxidation. Wines sold in the United States that contain more than ten parts per million of this preservative must be labeled "Contains Sulfites."
Superfine Sugar: Extremely thin powder sugar.
Super Tuscan: A term assigned to wines produced in Tuscany that don't conform to the rigid rules for making Chianti. Many of them are of high quality and are normally expensive. They are typically made with the addition of Cabernet Sauvignon, a French Import not allowed in the Chianti blend.
Sur Lie (soo'r lee): French term indicating that a wine was held in contact with yeast lees (sediment) longer than usual in fermentation and/or aging. The end product is often a wine with a pleasant richness.
Suze: Wine-based liqueur flavored with gentian root.
Swedish Punch: Mixture of spices, tea, lemon, sugar and spirit to which wine is added after a few months of maceration.
Sweet: A tasting term that may mean sugar is left in the beverage or that one beverage tastes sweeter than another that contains less acid. Alcohol in a totally dry beverage often gives the wine a sweetish taste, as though sugar had been added.
Sweet Stout: This is also known as milk stout. It is a sweet style of stout that generally is lower in alcohol than the average stout.
Sweet and Sour Mix: Mixture of lemon juice and sugar syrup that is also often called a sour mix.
Sweet and Sour Sauce: Type of sauce made from sugar, vinegar and some other ingredients, often used in Asian cooking.
Sweet Chocolate: Type of chocolate in which sugar has been added to the cocoa to give it a sweet flavor.
Sweet Sherry: Type of sherry with a high sugar content--as opposed to dry sherry. This type normally has a smooth texture to it.
Sweet Vermouth: Type of vermouth which has a sweet taste to it.
Sweetened Condensed Milk: Milk thickened by evaporation with added sugar.
Swiss Chocolate Almond: Swiss chocolate liqueur flavoured with almonds.
Syrah (sih-rah): Red wine grape, originating in the Rhône region of eastern France that produces the famous Hermitage and Côte Rotie wines, as well as many of the great red wines of Australia. It is spelled "Shiraz" in Australia. These grapes are growing in quality and popularity in California.
Syrup: 1. Sugar-based, sweet, thick liquid used for cooking or baking. 2. Mixture of sugar dissolved in water and flavored with fruits. Normally, one would mix one part of syrup with seven parts of water.
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