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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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5
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What is the term for Winery in Portugal?

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Adega

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6
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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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8
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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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9
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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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10
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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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16
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What is the standard capacity of a barrique?

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225L

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17
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What is the French term for lees stirring?

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Batonnage

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18
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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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23
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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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25
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What is Buttage?

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The french term for hilling up the dirt to protect the root graft from frost

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What is a Cantina Sociale?

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An italian term for a co-operative winery

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27
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What is the South African term for Traditional method sparkling?

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Methode Cap Classique

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28
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What is Carbonic Maceration?

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Fermentation of whole intact berries often resulting in a fruity/bubblegum aroma. Often used in Beaujolais

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29
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What is Casse?

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An unwanted haze in a wine

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30
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What is the french term for Variety?

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Cepage

31
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What is Chaptalisation?

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Addition of sugar to must to increase potential alcohol, often cane or beet sugar

32
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What does the term Chiaretto refer to?

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A type of light red/rose wine made in Italy

33
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What does the term Classic mean in Germany?

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A dry QbA wine made to quality standards

34
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What is a Climat?

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A specific vineyard site

35
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What is the portuguese term for harvest/vintage?

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Colheita

36
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What is the Italian term for sweet?

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Dolce

37
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What is the german term for Noble Rot/Botrytis?

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Edelfaule

38
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What does Erste Lage refer to in Germany?

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Vineyard classification equivalent to First Growth under the VDP Association

39
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What are Erstes Gewachs or Grosses Gewachs wines?

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Wines from a Erste Lage vineyards of a VDP producer

40
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What does Erzeugerabfüllung mean?

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Estate Bottled

41
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What is an Estufagem?

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A method of heating wine to produce madeira

42
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What are the wine classification levels of Wachau?

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Steinfeder, Federspiel, Smaragd

43
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What is feinherb?

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An undefined german wine term roughly meaning off-dry

44
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What is Flor?

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A surface yeast found in Fino and Manzanilla sherry

45
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If a wine is Frizzante what is it?

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Slightly sparkling

46
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What is Garrafeira?

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A portuguese term roughly equivalent to Reserva

47
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What is a Gyropalette?

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A machine used to automate remuage/riddling of sparkling

48
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What is Halbtrocken

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A german term for Off-Dry/Medium-Dry wines

49
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What is a hybrid?

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A cross of two vines from two different species

50
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What is a Lagar?

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A trough/tank used for treading grapes, still sometimes used in the Douro

51
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What does the french term liquoreux refer to in wine?

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A very sweet/dessert wine

52
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What does the italian term liquoroso refer to?

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Strong, typically fortified wines

53
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Which french term is roughly equivalent to sustainable viticulture?

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Lutte raisonnee

54
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What is a millesime?

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A vintage date

55
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What is a Mistelle?

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Unfermented Grape juice fortified with alcohol

56
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What is Muffa Nobile?

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The italian term for botrytis

57
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What is the french term for a lightly sparkling wine?

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Petillant

58
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What is the term for the cask traditionally used for port production?

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Pipe

59
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What is the french term for a riddling rack?

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Pupitre

60
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What is the term for measuring sweetness in Tokaj?

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Puttonyos

61
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What is the Portuguese term for Estate?

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Quinta

62
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What is a rectifier?

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The second column in a column still that separates the fractions of a distillate to eliminate or retain certain components.

63
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What are secondary aromas?

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Non fruit aromas originating from wine making processes such as primary or secondary fermentation or oak ageing

64
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What is a spumante wine?

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An Italian Sparkling wine

65
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What is Strohwein or Schilfwein?

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A wine made from grapes dried on straw mats

66
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What does Superieur designate in French wine?

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A higher alcohol level

67
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Where is the term Szaraz used?

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In Hungary for dry wines

68
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What is the Taille in Champagne?

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The juice from the second pressing of grapes

69
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What are teriary aromas?

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Aromas that arise during ageing

70
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What is the term for red wine in spain and portugal?

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Tinto

71
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What are the terms Vendemmia and Vendimia?

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Italian and Spanish terms for Vintage

72
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What is Veraison?

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Stage of the ripening process when grapes change colour

73
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What is the Rebeche?

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Any juice from after the Taille in champagne, not to be used for wine.

74
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What is Autolysis?

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The breaking down of yeast cells in a wine. Gives the traditional toasty/bready note of champagne

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