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Medium sweet full bodied | ||||
| Amabile |
Medium sweet | ||||
| Amarone |
Wine made in Veneto from semi-dried grapes | ||||
| Annata |
Year | ||||
| Azienda |
Estate | ||||
| Barolo |
District in Piemonte producing red wines from Nebbiolo | ||||
| Bianco |
White | ||||
| Botte |
Cask | ||||
| Bottiglia |
Bottle | ||||
| Cantina Sociale |
Cooperative | ||||
| Chianti |
Wine made in Tuscny primarily from Sangiovese | ||||
| Classico |
The traditional heart of a growing area for a particular wine | ||||
| Consorzio |
Industry trade group | ||||
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| DOC |
Denominazione d’Origine Controllata – a grape growing and wine producing area whose production methods are assured by the Italian government | ||||
| DOCG |
Denominazione d’Origine Controllata e Garantita – a level above DOC with slightly stricter standards | ||||
| Dolce |
Sweet | ||||
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| Est |
East |
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| Fattoria |
Estate | ||||
| Freisa |
Grape grown in Peimonte | ||||
| Frizzante |
Slightly fizzy |
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| Grignolino |
Grape grown in Peimonte, whose name means “grape that grins” | ||||
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| Invecchiato |
Aged | ||||
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| Langhe |
Region within Peimonte | ||||
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| Morellino |
Synonym for Sangiovese when grown in southern Tuscany |
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| Nebbiolo |
Piemontese grape variety whose name means “fog” | ||||
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| Olio |
Oil |
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| Oliva |
Olive | ||||
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| Passito |
Sweet wine made from semi-dried grapes | ||||
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| Qualita` |
Quality | ||||
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| Recioto
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Similar to Passito but more typically a term used to describe Venetian Amarone-based dessert wines | ||||
| Riserva
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a wine with additional time aging in oak | ||||
| Rosato
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Rose | ||||
| Rosso
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Red | ||||
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| Secco
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Dry |
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| Spumante
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Sparkling | ||||
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| Tenuta |
Estate | ||||
| Turismo |
Tourism | ||||
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| Uva |
Grape | ||||
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| Vecchio |
Old |
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| Vendemmia |
Vintage | ||||
| Vigneto |
Vineyard | ||||
| Vigniaiolo |
Grape grower | ||||
| Vitigno |
Grape Variety | ||||
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| Zucca |
Pumpkin | ||||
| Zucchero |
Sugar | ||||
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