IT Winemaking Terms

Question 1

imbottigliato dal produttore all’origine (IT)

Answer 1

bottled by producer at the source (estate bottled)

Question 2

vigneto (IT)

Answer 2

vineyard

Question 3

solaio (IT)

Answer 3

the loft where grapes are dried for passito wines

Question 4

imbottigliatto all’origine (IT)

Answer 4

bottled by producer

Question 5

ossidato (IT)

Answer 5

oxidized

Question 6

muffa nobile (IT)

Answer 6

noble rot

Question 7

cascina (IT)

Answer 7

farmhouse or wine estate

Question 8

vendemmia (IT)

Answer 8

harvest or vintage

Question 9

ettolitro (IT)

Answer 9

hectoliter

Question 10

maso (IT)

Answer 10

a holding in a farm or estate

Question 11

ettato (IT)

Answer 11

hectare

Question 12

chiaretto (IT)

Answer 12

rosé

Question 13

imbottigliatto (IT)

Answer 13

bottled

Question 14

annata (IT)

Answer 14

vintage year

Question 15

classico (IT)

Answer 15

the original “heart” of a DOP wine region

Question 16

vitigno (IT)

Answer 16

grape variety

Question 17

uva secca (IT)

Answer 17

raisin

Question 18

Albarello

Answer 18

Gobelet training system

Question 19

vite (IT)

Answer 19

vine

Question 20

fattoria (IT)

Answer 20

Farm or Estate (or a collection of farms and estates)

Question 21

uva (IT)

Answer 21

grape

Question 22

vignaiolo (IT)

Answer 22

grape grower

Question 23

vinacce (IT)

Answer 23

pomace

Question 24

podere (IT)

Answer 24

a small estate

Question 25

uvetta (IT)

Answer 25

raisin

Question 26

invecchiato (IT)

Answer 26

aged

Question 27

millesimato (IT)

Answer 27

sparkling wine with a vintage date

Question 28

governo (IT)

Answer 28

practice of adding dried grapes or concetrated grape must to a wine after fermentation, causing a secondary fermentation to increase body and flavor

Question 29

scelto (IT)

Answer 29

selected, usually late harvested

Question 30

tenuta (IT)

Answer 30

farm or wine estate

Question 31

uva passa (IT)

Answer 31

dried grape, usually for passito wines