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Abbocccato |
A medium dry wine, max 1.2% or 12g/l of sugar |
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Alberello |
A vine that is allowed to grow as a free-standing, low bush; also called head training or bush training. It is often used in windy areas. |
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Amabile |
A medium sweet wine, max 4.5% or 45g/l of sugar |
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Annata |
Vintage |
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Appassimento |
The process of drying grapes before vinification |
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Arele |
Graticci- wooden racks used for air-drying grapes |
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Auslese |
Scelto- term used in Alto Adige for wines that have a minimum of 11.5% abv |
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Baroleggia |
Ate used in Piemonte to describe an aged Barbera that has taken on a characteristic traditionally associated with Barolo |
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Bâtonnage |
The process of stirring the lees back into the resting wine |
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Bianco |
White wine |
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Bora |
A cold winter wind from Eastern Europe |
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Bordeaux Mixture |
A copper-sulfate mixture applied to vineyards to prevent fungal attacks |
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Botrytis Cinerea |
A fungus that affects grapevines, see also noble rot and gray rot |
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Botti |
Large, neutral old Slavonian oak or chestnut casks |
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Bricco |
Term used in parts of Piemonte to indicate a superior site on the higher part of the hill |
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Bud break |
When buds open and leaves first appear on the vine in spring |
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Byzantines |
The eastern Roman Empire |
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Cabernet |
In the most northeast Italian regions, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc are bottled together and labeled as “Cabernet” |
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Calanchi |
Bare and arid clay-based rock formations resulting from serious water erosion |
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Cappuccina |
A variation of the Guyot system used on the steepest slopes in Conegliano Valdovbiadene in Veneto |
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Caranto |
A thin, calcareous-clay layer under a clay based topsoil |
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Chiaretto |
Term used to indicate a rosé wine made in specific DOCs |
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Classico |
A wine produced from the original historic wine growing area of a DOCG or DOC |
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Cold Soak |
A cold (46-53 F/ 8-12 C) pre-fermentation maceration of juice and skins for up to six days to extract fruit aromas without tannin |
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Cold stabilization |
Chilling the wine so that tartrate crystals can be removed before bottling |
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Colli |
Hills |
