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IWS - Unit 1 - Northern Italy > Glossary > Flashcards

Glossary Flashcards

1
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Large, neutral old Slavonian oak or chestnut chests

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Botti

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2
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A wooden vessel holding 500 litres

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Tonneaux

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3
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A thin, calcareous-clay layer under a clay-based topsoil

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Caranto

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4
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The process of drying grapes before vinification

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Appassimento

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5
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A voluntary association of producers, merchants and cooperatives tasked with protecting and promoting DOCs and DOCGs it represents

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Consorzio

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6
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A fortified wine

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Liquoroso

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7
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Mano-proteins

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Proteins found in the cell walls of yeasts

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8
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What does cold stabilisation do?

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Removes tartrate crystals from the wine

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9
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Another term for Scelto

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Auslese

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10
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A term used in Piemonte to describe an aged Barbera that has taken on characteristics traditionally associated with Barolo

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Baroleggia

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11
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A medium dry wine

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Abboccato

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12
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Abnormal swelling or outgrowth of plant tissue

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Galls

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13
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A training system that uses a ‘tent’ shape canopy under which the grapes grow?

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Tendone

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14
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Orogenesis

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The formation of mountains

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15
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GDC

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Geneva Double Curtain - a high training vine system

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16
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A still wine

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Fermo

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17
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A low training system characterised by a permanent cordon of old wood (or two) trained horizontally

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Cordone Speronato

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18
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A term for a single vineyard; the term is followed by the name of the vineyard

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Vigna

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19
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Flysch of Cormons

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Soils comprising of alternating layers of sandstone and calcareous soils

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20
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Imbottigliato All’origine

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Estate-bottled

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21
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Pastini

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A local name for terraces in Friuli’s Carso DOC

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22
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Ponca

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Local Friuli term for Flysch of Cormons

23
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Another word for Graticci

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Arele

24
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Italian for Vintage

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Annata

25
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A cold winter wind from Eastern Europe

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Bora

26
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Alberello

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

27
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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

28
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Magredi

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Flat grasslands

29
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The official rules and guidelines for appellations mandated by Italian law

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Disciplinare

30
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A protected, well ventilated loft on the side of a hill

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Fruttai

31
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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

32
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Toari

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A Venetian word for soils of decomposed basalt

33
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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)

34
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Marogne

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Term used for dry stone walls of vineyard terraces in Veneto

35
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A light lively wine

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Vivace

36
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A sweet wine

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Dolce

37
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A compound found in Moscato grapes that contributes to Asti’s aromas

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Geraniol

38
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A label term for sparkling wine made using the traditional method

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Talento

39
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Bare and arid clay-based rock formations resulting from serious water erosion

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Calanchi

40
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A copper-sulfate mixture applied to vineyards to prevent fungal attacks

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Bordeaux mixture

41
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A name for the Eastern Roman Empire

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Byzantines

42
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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

43
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A variation of the Guyot system used on the steepest slopes of Conegliano Valdobbiadene in Veneto

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Cappuccina

44
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Sylvoz

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A type of high training system

45
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Picai

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

46
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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

47
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A medium sweet wine

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Amabile

48
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Mousseux

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Sparkling

49
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A geological basin at the foot of the Alps surrounding the city of Bolzano to Aldo Adige?

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Conca di Bolzano

50
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Italian for ‘hillside’

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Collio

51
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Italian for ‘hills’

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Colli

52
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What label term is used to indicate one of the 43 top sites in Conegliano Valdobbiadene?

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Rive

53
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Another term for Passito

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Fletri

IWS - Unit 1 - Northern Italy (14 decks)

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