Oxford Companion

Question 1

Abboccato

Answer 1

Italian for Medium Sweet, less sweet than Amiabile

Question 2

Abocado

Answer 2

Spanish for Medium Sweet

Question 3

Abona

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Abouriou

Answer 4

Early ripening variety found in the Cotes du Marmandais

Question 5

Abscisic Acid or ABA

Answer 5

Hormone that occurs naturally in vines and regulates growth and physiology

Question 6

Abymes

Answer 6

Cru just south of Chambery in the Savoie

Question 7

Acadie

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Acolon

Answer 8

German crossing of Lemberger and Dornfelder

Question 9

Adega

Answer 9

Portuguese word for cellar or winery

Question 10

Audabu

Answer 10

Floral scented grape variety mostly grown on Santorini

Question 11

Airen

Answer 11

Spains most planted vine plantings, mostly used for brandy production

Question 12

Ajaccio

Answer 12

Sub reigon of corsica

Question 13

Alarije

Answer 13

White grape grown in extremadura

Question 14

Albalonga

Answer 14

1951 Rieslaner X Silvaner crossing

Question 15

Albana

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Albarello

Answer 16

White grape mostly found in the Ribera de Ulla

Question 17

Albariza

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Albarola

Answer 18

White grape planted in Cinqueterre zone of Liguria in NW Italy

Question 19

Alberello

Answer 19

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

Question 20

Albillo

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Alcanon

Answer 21

Rare grape native to Somotano in NE Spain

Question 22

Alenquer

Answer 22

Small DOC in western portugal

Question 23

Alentejo

Answer 23

DOC in southern Portugal

Question 24

Alexander Valley

Answer 24

AVA in Northern Sonoma

Question 25

Alezio

Answer 25

DOC for Negramaro in SE Italy

Question 26

Alfrocheiro

Answer 26

Red grape in the Dao region

Question 27

Algarve

Answer 27

The southern most province of portugal

Question 28

Alicante

Answer 28

A City on Spains mediterranean coast

Question 29

Alicante Bouchet

Answer 29

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

Question 30

Allier

Answer 30

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

Question 31

Alluvium

Answer 31

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

Question 32

Almancenista

Answer 32

Sherry stockholder who sells wine to shippers

Question 33

Almansa

Answer 33

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

Question 34

Almeirim

Answer 34

Sub region of ribatejo in portugal

Question 35

Almuneco

Answer 35

Synonym for Listan Negro

Question 36

Alpine Valleys

Answer 36

Located in North East Victoria

Question 37

Alternaria

Answer 37

AKA Bunch Rot- Vine Disease

Question 38

Altesse

Answer 38

AKA Rousette

Question 39

Alvarhelao

Answer 39

AKA Brancellao- Planted all over portugal

Question 40

Amabile

Answer 40

Italian for Sweet

Question 41

Amerlioration

Answer 41

"Improvement" as in winemaking that happens in wine (ie. Enrichment, Chaptilization, Acidification...)

Question 42

Amigne

Answer 42

Swiss white grape vriety found in Valais

Question 43

Amontillado

Answer 43

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

Question 44

Ampelography

Answer 44

The science of description and identification of vine species

Question 45

Amurensis

Answer 45

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

Question 46

Ancellotta

Answer 46

Italian red blending grape used in lambrusco

Question 47

Coteaux d'Ancenis

Answer 47

Name of the town between Nantes and Angers