raisining
Becoming a raisin
Raisining is the process of grapes drying and shriveling into raisins, whether naturally on the vine or through deliberate drying.
In winemaking, controlled raisining concentrates sugars and flavors for dessert wines.
The term extends to any similar shriveling: The tomatoes were raisining in the sun.
Skin raisining describes wrinkling from age or dehydration.
Moisture removal process
- grapesClustered vine fruit
- AmaroneVeneto dried-grape red
- witheringDrying and declining
- concentrationSustained single-minded attention
sugar · straw mats · dehydration · dessert wine · shriveling · ice wine · late harvest · noble rot
Excessive fluid loss
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- currantsSmall seedless dried grapes
- sultanasPale dried grapes
- vineyardGrape-growing estate
drying racks · California · natural sugars · moisture removal · shrinkage · fruit leather · snack food · baking
Surface lines from folding
- pruningCutting vegetation for health
- water immersionState of being submerged
- fingertipsTerminal phalanx pads
- bathingImmersion for cleanliness
soaking · shriveling · puckering · swimming · skin texture · prolonged exposure · osmosis · epidermis
drying
Moisture removal process
concentration · sugar · straw mats · dehydration · dessert wine · shriveling · ice wine · late harvest · noble rot · sweetness
dehydration
Excessive fluid loss
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- currantsSmall seedless dried grapes
- sultanasPale dried grapes
vineyard · drying racks · California · natural sugars · moisture removal · shrinkage · fruit leather · snack food · baking · trail mix
wrinkles
Surface lines from folding
- pruningCutting vegetation for health
- water immersionState of being submerged
- fingertipsTerminal phalanx pads
bathing · soaking · shriveling · puckering · swimming · skin texture · prolonged exposure · osmosis · epidermis · moisture loss
raisininghydrating
Supplying with fluid
rehydrating · plumping · moisturizing · soaking · saturating