- a quick squirt of some liquid (usually carbonated water)
- eject (a liquid) quickly; "spritz water on a surface"
- cover (a location) wholly or partially by squirting a liquid onto it; "Spritz the lawn with water"
- The Spritz (German: "splash" / "sparkling") is a wine-based cocktail commonly served as an aperitif in northern Italy, especially in the Veneto region and surrounding areas. ...
- Sparkling wine is a wine with significant levels of carbon dioxide in it making it fizzy. The carbon dioxide may result from natural fermentation, either in a bottle, as with the méthode champenoise, in a large tank designed to withstand the pressures involved (as in the Charmat process), or as ...
- A sprinkling or spray of liquid; a small amount of liquid; To spray, sprinkle, or squirt lightly
- (Spritzy) A pleasant, light sparkling sensation sometimes found in young white wines; not a flaw if the wine tastes fresh.
- (SPRITZY (see also LIVELY)) Considered a fairly minor fault stemming sometimes from the onset of a brief secondary malolactic fermentation in the bottle. Consists of pinpoint carbonation typically released when the bottle cork is pulled. ...
- (Spritzy (also spritz and spritzig)) A characteristic that is first detectable visually as tiny specks of air in the wine and then as a crisp prickle or youthful acidity and carbon dioxide in the mouth. See also Perlant.
- (Spritzy) A slightly sparkling quality, sometimes created when bottling very young wines.
- (Spritzy) Slight prickle of carbon dioxide, common to some very young wines; frizzante in Italy.
- A gentle prickle of fizz on the palate. Found on young whites.
- The faint prickle on the tongue of carbon dioxide (p tillance in French), generally found in young, light white wines.
- To optimize the track's speed by spraying a fine mist of water over the ice.
- for some white wines – bubbles of carbon dioxide just under the surface of the wine. Noticeable when first poured. Can give clues to the winemaking process when tasting a wine blind.
- a light effervescence in wine, often caused by bottling when the wine is quite young.