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Italian Wine GlossaryOur Italian Wine Glossary is designed to help you with some of the hundreds of words used to describe and communicate in the Italian wine world. Many of these wine words are found in appropriate venues throughout this site as they are necessary to understanding the topic. You may come across other less common wine words, nonetheless, important to in your quest to be an Italian wine expert. They may be used in describing wines, grapes, techniques, places, etc., and these, we include in our glossary. The following list does not contain words found in other parts of italian-wine-coach.com. For example, regions, classifications, and grape varietals are discussed in those sections. To see other pages, start with one of the following links.
Abboccato - Semi-dry Aceto - Vinegar Alcool - Alcohol Amabile - Semi-sweet Amaro - Bitter Annoso - Aged Annata - Vintage year Aromatico - Aromatic Asciutto - Totally dry. Astringente - Astringent, high tannins Azienda - Company, business organization Azienda agricola - Company which grows own grapes Azienda vinacola - Company which buys grapes Bianco - White Botte - Cask or barrel Botticella - Small cask Bottiglia - Bottle Bricco, Bric - Hillside vineyard Brut - Dry, sparkling Cantina - Cellar Caraffa di Decantazione - Decanter Cascina - Farmhouse Castello - Castle Classico- -Traditional methods
Dolce - Sweet Enoteca - Wine shop Etichetta - Label Fattoria - Farm or estate, usually smaller than tenuta Fermentazione naturale - Natural fermentation
Frizzante or frizzantino - Semi-sparkling Frutta - Fruit
Gradazione alcoolica - Alcoholic percentage Grappa - Strong liquor made from grape skins and other leftovers
Imbottigliata - Bottled Imbottigliato all’origin - Bottled by the producer
Invecchiato - Aged Liquoroso - Strong wine, high alcohol. Litro - Liter Metedo Classico - Bubbly like Champagne Normale - Normal Novello - New, to be consumed while young Passito - Sweet Wine made from dried grapes
Podere - Small wine estate or farm Produttore - Producer Recioto - Sweet Wine made from partly dried grapes Riserva - Aging distinction Ronco - hillside vineyard Rosato - Rosé Rosso - red
Secco - Dry
Spumante - Sparkling Superiore - Quality distinction Tannino - Tannin Tenuta - Farm or estate Uva - Grape Valle - Valley Vecchio - Old Vendemmia - Vintage, harvest Viticoltore - Grape grower Vigna - Vine. vineyard Vigneto - Vineyard |
