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What does Abboccato mean in Italy?

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Medium Sweet

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What does the term accolage refer to?

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Attaching vine to horizontal trellis wires

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What is Acetic Acid?

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A volatile acid made by spoilage organisms, often a fault.

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What is an Adamado wine?

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Medium Sweet

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What is the term for Winery in Portugal?

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Adega

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What is the German term for Old Vines?

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Alte Reben

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What is an Italian term for Medum-Sweet Wines?

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Abboccato, Amabile, Semisecco

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What is an analyser?

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The portion of a Continuous still that heats and evaporates alcohol with steam.

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What are the German terms for Wine regions from largest to smallest?

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Anbaugebiet, Bereich, Grosslage, Einzellage

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What is Annata?

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The italian term for Vintage

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What is Aspersion?

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A method of protecting vines from frost by spraying them with water.

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What is the french term for blending wines?

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Assemblage

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What does Ausbruch refer to?

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A classification between Beerenauslese and Trockenbeerenauslese found in Austria and Hungary

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What are the levels of Pradikatswein in Germany?

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Kabinett, Spatlese, Auslese, Beerenauslese, Eiswein, Trockenbeerenauslese

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What is the difference between Azienda vinicola and Azienda agricola?

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An azienda vinicola buys grapes, an azienda agricola only uses their own grapes (equivalent to estate)

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What is the standard capacity of a barrique?

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225L

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What is the French term for lees stirring?

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Batonnage

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What is the french term for organic wine?

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Biologique

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What is the spanish term for a winery?

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Bodega

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What is Bordeaux mixture?

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A spray from copper sulfate and lime to protect from fungal diseases

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What is Botrytus Cinerea?

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A fungus that attacks grapes and can become bad grey rot or sometimes desireable noble rot

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What is a Botte?

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A large barrel traditionally used in Italy

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What is Brouillis?

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The product of Cognac’s first distillation

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What is the common term for training a vine without a trellis?

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Bush Training

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What is Buttage?
The french term for hilling up the dirt to protect the root graft from frost
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What is a Cantina Sociale?
An italian term for a co-operative winery
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What is the South African term for Traditional method sparkling?
Methode Cap Classique
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What is Carbonic Maceration?
Fermentation of whole intact berries often resulting in a fruity/bubblegum aroma. Often used in Beaujolais
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What is Casse?
An unwanted haze in a wine
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What is the french term for Variety?
Cepage
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What is Chaptalisation?
Addition of sugar to must to increase potential alcohol, often cane or beet sugar
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What does the term Chiaretto refer to?
A type of light red/rose wine made in Italy
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What does the term Classic mean in Germany?
A dry QbA wine made to quality standards
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What is a Climat?
A specific vineyard site
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What is the portuguese term for harvest/vintage?
Colheita
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What is the Italian term for sweet?
Dolce
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What is the german term for Noble Rot/Botrytis?
Edelfaule
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What does Erste Lage refer to in Germany?
Vineyard classification equivalent to First Growth under the VDP Association
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What are Erstes Gewachs or Grosses Gewachs wines?
Wines from a Erste Lage vineyards of a VDP producer
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What does Erzeugerabfüllung mean?
Estate Bottled
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What is an Estufagem?
A method of heating wine to produce madeira
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What are the wine classification levels of Wachau?
Steinfeder, Federspiel, Smaragd
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What is feinherb?
An undefined german wine term roughly meaning off-dry
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What is Flor?
A surface yeast found in Fino and Manzanilla sherry
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If a wine is Frizzante what is it?
Slightly sparkling
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What is Garrafeira?
A portuguese term roughly equivalent to Reserva
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What is a Gyropalette?
A machine used to automate remuage/riddling of sparkling
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What is Halbtrocken
A german term for Off-Dry/Medium-Dry wines
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What is a hybrid?
A cross of two vines from two different species
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What is a Lagar?
A trough/tank used for treading grapes, still sometimes used in the Douro
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What does the french term liquoreux refer to in wine?
A very sweet/dessert wine
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What does the italian term liquoroso refer to?
Strong, typically fortified wines
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Which french term is roughly equivalent to sustainable viticulture?
Lutte raisonnee
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What is a millesime?
A vintage date
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What is a Mistelle?
Unfermented Grape juice fortified with alcohol
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What is Muffa Nobile?
The italian term for botrytis
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What is the french term for a lightly sparkling wine?
Petillant
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What is the term for the cask traditionally used for port production?
Pipe
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What is the french term for a riddling rack?
Pupitre
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What is the term for measuring sweetness in Tokaj?
Puttonyos
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What is the Portuguese term for Estate?
Quinta
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What is a rectifier?
The second column in a column still that separates the fractions of a distillate to eliminate or retain certain components.
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What are secondary aromas?
Non fruit aromas originating from wine making processes such as primary or secondary fermentation or oak ageing
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What is a spumante wine?
An Italian Sparkling wine
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What is Strohwein or Schilfwein?
A wine made from grapes dried on straw mats
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What does Superieur designate in French wine?
A higher alcohol level
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Where is the term Szaraz used?
In Hungary for dry wines
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What is the Taille in Champagne?
The juice from the second pressing of grapes
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What are teriary aromas?
Aromas that arise during ageing
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What is the term for red wine in spain and portugal?
Tinto
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What are the terms Vendemmia and Vendimia?
Italian and Spanish terms for Vintage
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What is Veraison?
Stage of the ripening process when grapes change colour
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What is the Rebeche?
Any juice from after the Taille in champagne, not to be used for wine.
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What is Autolysis?
The breaking down of yeast cells in a wine. Gives the traditional toasty/bready note of champagne

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