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Oxford Companion Flashcards

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Abboccato

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Italian for Medium Sweet, less sweet than Amiabile

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Abocado

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Spanish for Medium Sweet

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Abona

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Small region in the south of Tenerife, boasting some of EU’s highest vineyards at 5200ft above sea level

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Abouriou

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Early ripening variety found in the Cotes du Marmandais

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Abscisic Acid or ABA

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Hormone that occurs naturally in vines and regulates growth and physiology

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Abymes

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Cru just south of Chambery in the Savoie

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Acadie

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Winter hardy variety that is a specialty of nova scotia and quebec

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Acolon

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German crossing of Lemberger and Dornfelder

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Adega

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Portuguese word for cellar or winery

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Audabu

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Floral scented grape variety mostly grown on Santorini

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Airen

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Spains most planted vine plantings, mostly used for brandy production

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Ajaccio

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Sub reigon of corsica

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Alarije

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White grape grown in extremadura

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Albalonga

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1951 Rieslaner X Silvaner crossing

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Albana

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Italin white made famous by the Albana di Romagna region of Central Italy

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Albarello

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White grape mostly found in the Ribera de Ulla

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Albariza

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White chalk famous in Sherry- High limestone content with the remainder being sand and clay

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Albarola

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White grape planted in Cinqueterre zone of Liguria in NW Italy

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Alberello

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Italian term for free standing bush vines trained according to the goebelet system

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Albillo

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The name of several pale skinned most notably grown in Ribera del Duero

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Alcanon

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Rare grape native to Somotano in NE Spain

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Alenquer

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Small DOC in western portugal

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Alentejo

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DOC in southern Portugal

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Alexander Valley

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AVA in Northern Sonoma

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Alezio

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DOC for Negramaro in SE Italy

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Alfrocheiro

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Red grape in the Dao region

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Algarve

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The southern most province of portugal

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Alicante

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A City on Spains mediterranean coast

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Alicante Bouchet

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Teinturier grape bred by Henri Bouchet btwn 1865-1885 its a crossing of his fathers Petite bouchet X Grenache

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Allier

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Department in Central France known for oak, although its home to the wines of St-Pourcain

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Alluvium

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Type of sediment that often gives way to fine grain grain soils (mud, silt & Sand)

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Almancenista

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Sherry stockholder who sells wine to shippers

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Almansa

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Small denominated wine zone in the eastern corner of Castilla La Mancha

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Almeirim

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Sub region of ribatejo in portugal

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Almuneco

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Synonym for Listan Negro

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Alpine Valleys

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Located in North East Victoria

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Alternaria

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AKA Bunch Rot- Vine Disease

38
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Altesse

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AKA Rousette

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Alvarhelao

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AKA Brancellao- Planted all over portugal

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Amabile

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Italian for Sweet

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Amerlioration

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“Improvement” as in winemaking that happens in wine (ie. Enrichment, Chaptilization, Acidification…)

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Amigne

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Swiss white grape vriety found in Valais

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Amontillado

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It is fino when the flor dies and is exposed to oxygen

44
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Ampelography

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The science of description and identification of vine species

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Amurensis

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Asian vine species resistant to the cold, named after the Amur Valley of Northern China

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Ancellotta

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Italian red blending grape used in lambrusco

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Coteaux d’Ancenis

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Name of the town between Nantes and Angers

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