Verb: chaptalise
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: chaptalize)
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: chaptalize)
- Add sugar to grape juice during the fermentation of wine, usually to increase the alcohol content
"Some winemakers chaptalise their wines to compensate for unripe grapes";
- chaptalize
Derived forms: chaptalising, chaptalises, chaptalised