Glossary

Question 1

Abboccato

Answer 1

medium dry wine 1.2%

Question 2

Alberello

Answer 2

Head training or bush training

Question 3

Amabile

Answer 3

mED SWEET WINE 4.5%

Question 4

Annata

Answer 4

Vintage

Question 5

Appassimento

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Drying grapes before vinification

Question 6

Arele

Answer 6

Graticci

Question 7

Auslese

Answer 7

Scelto, Alto Adige term for wines min 11.5% alc

Question 8

Baroleggia

Answer 8

Aged Barbera takes on Barolo characteristics

Question 9

Battonnage

Answer 9

Stirring lees

Question 10

Biotype

Answer 10

slightly diverse grape

Question 11

Bora

Answer 11

Cole winter wind from eastern europe

Question 12

Bordeaux Mixture

Answer 12

copper-sulfate mix applied to vines to prevent fungus

Question 13

Botti

Answer 13

Large neutral slovenian oak casks

Question 14

Bricco

Answer 14

Superior vinyard site on a Piemonte hill

Question 15

Calanchi

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Bare and arid clay based rocks formed from water erosion

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Cappuccina

Answer 16

Variation of Guyoot system used in CVP steep slopes

Question 17

Caranto

Answer 17

thin clacerous clay layer under clay topsoil

Question 18

Chiaretto

Answer 18

Rose wine in Bordalino

Question 19

Chiarifica

Answer 19

lets chilled grape juice settle before fermentation

Question 20

Cold soak

Answer 20

a cold soak pre- fermentation maceration to extract fruit aromas without tannins

Question 21

cold stabilized

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Chilling wines so tartrate crystals can be removed before bottling

Question 22

Colli

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hills

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Collio

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hillside

Question 24

Conca di Bolzano

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geological basin at foot of the alps

Question 25

Cruase

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brand name given to sparkling roses in Oltrepo Pavvae methodo classico DOCG

Question 26

Dunkel

Answer 26

Dark. Refers to very dark wines made from Lagrein in Alto Adige/Sudtirol

Question 27

Fermo

Answer 27

Still wine

Question 28

Fletri

Answer 28

Passito

Question 29

Flysch of COrmons

Answer 29

Soils compromising alternating layers of sandstone and calcerous marls

Question 30

Galls

Answer 30

Abnormal swelling of pant tissue

Question 31

Geraniol

Answer 31

Important aromatic compound in Moscato grape

Question 32

Heat stabalize

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removing suspended proteins (fining) in order for wine to tolerate high temps without becoming hazy

Question 33

Helvetian

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aka serravallian, sandstone and sand soiol

Question 34

Imbottiliato All'origine

Answer 34

estate-bottled

Question 35

Infernotti

Answer 35

carved niches used for wine storage in MMonferrato

Question 36

Kretzer

Answer 36

Rose

Question 37

Magredi

Answer 37

Flat grasslands

Question 38

malo lactic fermentation

Answer 38

conversion of malic acid to lactic acid through bacteria

Question 39

Marogne

Answer 39

term used in veneto for dry stone walls of vineyard terraces

Question 40

Maso

Answer 40

word used in trentino and Alto Adige to indicate estate winery

Question 41

Mezzadria

Answer 41

sharecropping

Question 42

millesimato

Answer 42

vintage

Question 43

mousseux

Answer 43

sparkling

Question 44

Orange wines

Answer 44

white wine made using red wine techniques

Question 45

Orogenesis

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formation of mountains

Question 46

Pastini

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Local name for terraces in Friuli's Carso DOC

Question 47

Pergola trentino

Answer 47

inclined arm

Question 48

pergola veneto

Answer 48

horizontal arm

Question 49

Picai

Answer 49

air drying grapes using twine

Question 50

Ponca

Answer 50

Friuli term for Flysch of Cormons , soil with layers of sandstone and calcerous marls

Question 51

Porphyry

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Dark red or purple rock with embedded feldspar or quartz, volcanic soil

Question 52

Risorgimento

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Italy's unification movement

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Rive

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CVP top 43 vineyards

Question 54

Rocche

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Rocky cliffs in Roero Piemonte

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Ronchi

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Well exposed terraced sites

Question 56

rosato

Answer 56

rose

Question 57

Sabbie Astiane

Answer 57

sandy soils along the tanaro in Piemonte

Question 58

Saten

Answer 58

Franciacorta blanc de blanc max 5 atm

Question 59

Scelto

Answer 59

Alto Adige wine with 11.5% alc min

Question 60

scuro

Answer 60

dunkel, dark wine from ALgrein

Question 61

Secco

Answer 61

dry wine

Question 62

Sori

Answer 62

Weel exposed sunny site

Question 63

Sylvoz

Answer 63

high training system

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Talento

Answer 64

sparkling wine made in traditional method

Question 65

Tendone

Answer 65

high training system that forms a tent

Question 66

terre bianche

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white soils in Piemonte

Question 67

Terre Rosse

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red soils

Question 68

Toari

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Veneto word for decomposed basalt

Question 69

Tonneaux

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wooden vessel holds 500 liters

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Tortonian

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soil that is fertile and has compact calcerous marls

Question 71

Vendemmia

Answer 71

Harvest or vintage

Question 72

Via Emilia

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Roman road that connected Piacenza to Rimini on the adriatic coast

Question 73

Vigna

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Vigneto, single vineyard bottling

Question 74

Vinnacce

Answer 74

leftover unpressed skins

Question 75

vino fiore

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free run wine

Question 76

vino santo

Answer 76

long lived dessert wine with boytritis

Question 77

vivace

Answer 77

lightly fizzy wine