Translation
of Italian to English, helping you to save confusion when buying a
bottle of Italian Wine.
Abboccato - Medium-sweet and full bodiedAmabile
- Medium-sweet
Annata - VintageAzienda (or Casa) agricola - An estate
that uses its own grapes in production of its wines
Azienda (or Casa)
vinicola - A producer who buys in and vinifies, usually a large scale
operation
Azienda (or Casa) vitivinicola - An estate that grows vines,
buys in grapes and makes wines
Bianco - White
Botte - Cask
Bottiglia -
Bottle
Cantina Sociale - Co-operative cellar
Cascina - Farmhouse
(estate)
Cerasuolo - Cherry red
Chiaretto - Deep rose'
Classico - The
original centre of a DOC region, making the most typical
wines.
Consorzio - Producers' trade association, whose members' wines
are identified by a neck-label
Dolce - Sweet
Fattoria -
Estate
Fermentazione naturale - Natural sparkle in a wine
Frizzante -
Slighty sparkling
Imbottigliato all'origine - Estate bottled.
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