Glossary

Question 1

Large, neutral old Slavonian oak or chestnut chests

Answer 1

Botti

Question 2

A wooden vessel holding 500 litres

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Tonneaux

Question 3

A thin, calcareous-clay layer under a clay-based topsoil

Answer 3

Caranto

Question 4

The process of drying grapes before vinification

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Appassimento

Question 5

A voluntary association of producers, merchants and cooperatives tasked with protecting and promoting DOCs and DOCGs it represents

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Consorzio

Question 6

A fortified wine

Answer 6

Liquoroso

Question 7

Mano-proteins

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Proteins found in the cell walls of yeasts

Question 8

What does cold stabilisation do?

Answer 8

Removes tartrate crystals from the wine

Question 9

Another term for Scelto

Answer 9

Auslese

Question 10

A term used in Piemonte to describe an aged Barbera that has taken on characteristics traditionally associated with Barolo

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Baroleggia

Question 11

A medium dry wine

Answer 11

Abboccato

Question 12

Abnormal swelling or outgrowth of plant tissue

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Galls

Question 13

A training system that uses a ‘tent’ shape canopy under which the grapes grow?

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Tendone

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Orogenesis

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The formation of mountains

Question 15

GDC

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Geneva Double Curtain - a high training vine system

Question 16

A still wine

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Fermo

Question 17

A low training system characterised by a permanent cordon of old wood (or two) trained horizontally

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Cordone Speronato

Question 18

A term for a single vineyard; the term is followed by the name of the vineyard

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Vigna

Question 19

Flysch of Cormons

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Soils comprising of alternating layers of sandstone and calcareous soils

Question 20

Imbottigliato All’origine

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Estate-bottled

Question 21

Pastini

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A local name for terraces in Friuli’s Carso DOC

Question 22

Ponca

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Local Friuli term for Flysch of Cormons

Question 23

Another word for Graticci

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Arele

Question 24

Italian for Vintage

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Annata

Question 25

A cold winter wind from Eastern Europe

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Bora

Question 26

Alberello

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A vine that is allowed to grow free-standing often used in windy areas

Question 27

Coulure

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Poor fruit set caused by a lack of carbohydrates usually brought on by cloudy and/or wet conditions during flowering

Question 28

Magredi

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Flat grasslands

Question 29

The official rules and guidelines for appellations mandated by Italian law

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Disciplinare

Question 30

A protected, well ventilated loft on the side of a hill

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Fruttai

Question 31

A wine released shortly after it is made - by law at least 40% produced by carbonic or semi-carbonic maceration

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Novello

Question 32

Toari

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A Venetian word for soils of decomposed basalt

Question 33

A well exposed, terraced site in Friuli often used in the region on labels for the names of estates

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Ronchi (singular Ronco)

Question 34

Marogne

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Term used for dry stone walls of vineyard terraces in Veneto

Question 35

A light lively wine

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Vivace

Question 36

A sweet wine

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Dolce

Question 37

A compound found in Moscato grapes that contributes to Asti’s aromas

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Geraniol

Question 38

A label term for sparkling wine made using the traditional method

Answer 38

Talento

Question 39

Bare and arid clay-based rock formations resulting from serious water erosion

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Calanchi

Question 40

A copper-sulfate mixture applied to vineyards to prevent fungal attacks

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Bordeaux mixture

Question 41

A name for the Eastern Roman Empire

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Byzantines

Question 42

A share cropping system where landowner allows a farmer to cultivate the land in exchange for a share of the crop

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Mezzadria

Question 43

A variation of the Guyot system used on the steepest slopes of Conegliano Valdobbiadene in Veneto

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Cappuccina

Question 44

Sylvoz

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A type of high training system

Question 45

Picai

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A traditional method of air drying grapes by tying grape clusters with tine and hanging them from rafters

Question 46

A vine that, although genetically identical to another wine, shows certain level of diversity that is a result of adaptation to its environmental conditions

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Biotype

Question 47

A medium sweet wine

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Amabile

Question 48

Mousseux

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Sparkling

Question 49

A geological basin at the foot of the Alps surrounding the city of Bolzano to Aldo Adige?

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Conca di Bolzano

Question 50

Italian for ‘hillside’

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Collio

Question 51

Italian for ‘hills’

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Colli

Question 52

What label term is used to indicate one of the 43 top sites in Conegliano Valdobbiadene?

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Rive

Question 53

Another term for Passito

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Fletri