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1
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Abboccato

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medium dry wine 1.2%

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Alberello

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Head training or bush training

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3
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Amabile

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mED SWEET WINE 4.5%

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4
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Annata

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Vintage

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5
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Appassimento

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Drying grapes before vinification

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6
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Arele

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Graticci

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Auslese

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Scelto, Alto Adige term for wines min 11.5% alc

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8
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Baroleggia

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Aged Barbera takes on Barolo characteristics

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9
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Battonnage

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Stirring lees

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10
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Biotype

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slightly diverse grape

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11
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Bora

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Cole winter wind from eastern europe

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12
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Bordeaux Mixture

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copper-sulfate mix applied to vines to prevent fungus

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13
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Botti

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Large neutral slovenian oak casks

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14
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Bricco

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Superior vinyard site on a Piemonte hill

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15
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Calanchi

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Bare and arid clay based rocks formed from water erosion

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16
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Cappuccina

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Variation of Guyoot system used in CVP steep slopes

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17
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Caranto

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thin clacerous clay layer under clay topsoil

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18
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Chiaretto

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Rose wine in Bordalino

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19
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Chiarifica

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lets chilled grape juice settle before fermentation

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20
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Cold soak

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

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21
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cold stabilized

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Chilling wines so tartrate crystals can be removed before bottling

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22
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Colli

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hills

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23
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Collio

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hillside

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24
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Conca di Bolzano

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geological basin at foot of the alps

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25
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Cruase

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

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26
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Dunkel

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

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27
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Fermo

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Still wine

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28
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Fletri

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Passito

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29
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Flysch of COrmons

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Soils compromising alternating layers of sandstone and calcerous marls

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30
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Galls

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Abnormal swelling of pant tissue

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31
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Geraniol

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Important aromatic compound in Moscato grape

32
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Heat stabalize

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

33
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Helvetian

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aka serravallian, sandstone and sand soiol

34
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Imbottiliato All’origine

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estate-bottled

35
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Infernotti

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carved niches used for wine storage in MMonferrato

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Kretzer

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Magredi

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Flat grasslands

38
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malo lactic fermentation

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conversion of malic acid to lactic acid through bacteria

39
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Marogne

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term used in veneto for dry stone walls of vineyard terraces

40
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Maso

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word used in trentino and Alto Adige to indicate estate winery

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Mezzadria

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sharecropping

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millesimato

43
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mousseux

44
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Orange wines

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white wine made using red wine techniques

45
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Orogenesis

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formation of mountains

46
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Pastini

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Local name for terraces in Friuli’s Carso DOC

47
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Pergola trentino

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inclined arm

48
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pergola veneto

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horizontal arm

49
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Picai

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air drying grapes using twine

50
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Ponca

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

51
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Porphyry

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

52
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Risorgimento

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Italy’s unification movement

53
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Rive

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CVP top 43 vineyards

54
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Rocche

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Rocky cliffs in Roero Piemonte

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Ronchi

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Well exposed terraced sites

56
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rosato

57
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Sabbie Astiane

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sandy soils along the tanaro in Piemonte

58
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Saten

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Franciacorta blanc de blanc max 5 atm

59
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Scelto

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Alto Adige wine with 11.5% alc min

60
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scuro

A

dunkel, dark wine from ALgrein

61
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Secco

62
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Sori

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Weel exposed sunny site

63
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Sylvoz

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high training system

64
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Talento

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sparkling wine made in traditional method

65
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Tendone

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high training system that forms a tent

66
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terre bianche

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white soils in Piemonte

67
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Terre Rosse

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Toari

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Veneto word for decomposed basalt

69
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Tonneaux

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wooden vessel holds 500 liters

70
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Tortonian

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soil that is fertile and has compact calcerous marls

71
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Vendemmia

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Harvest or vintage

72
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Via Emilia

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Roman road that connected Piacenza to Rimini on the adriatic coast

73
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Vigna

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Vigneto, single vineyard bottling

74
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Vinnacce

A

leftover unpressed skins

75
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vino fiore

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free run wine

76
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vino santo

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long lived dessert wine with boytritis

77
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vivace

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lightly fizzy wine

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