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Wine Vocabulary
"acqua e vino fa un bel bambino"
l'alcol (m)
amabile
l'annata (f)
annusare
assaggiare
bianco/a
il botte
la bottiglia
il brut
la cantina
la cascina
i commercianti e produttori di vino
la d.o.c. - denominazione di origine controllata
la d.o.c.g. - denominazione di origine controllata garantita
dolce
l'enologo (m)
l'etichetta (f)
la fattoria
frizzantino
frizzante
fresco
imbottigliato
l'intenditore (m) di vino
invecchiato
liquoroso
la masseria
il metodo classico
l'odor (m) di stalla
l'olfatto (m)
il recioto
rosato
rosso
sa da botte
secco
semisecco
spumante
superiore
l'uva (f)
la vendemmia
la vigna/ il vigneto
il vino da tavola
il vino nobile
il vino novello (m)
il vitigno
vivace
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"water and wine make a beautiful child" (old Venetian proverb)
alcohol, usually stated by % of volume
semi-sweet
vintage year
to smell
to taste
white
cask or barrel
bottle
dry (in sparkling wine)
cellar or winery
farmhouse
traders and producers of wine
Italian wine quality control system & classification
Italian wine quality control system including a guarantee
sweet
wine maker
label
farm, estate
slightly sparkling
sparkling
young wine
bottled
wine connoisseur
aged
strong wine, often fortified with distilled alcohol
farm or estate
sparkling wine made by the bottled fermentation method
smell of the estate
smell, bouquet
wine made from partly dried grapes, often sweet and strong
rosé
red
"it smells of the barrel" - said of an aged wine
dry
medium sweet, usually in sparkling wine
sparkling wine, dry or sweet
denotes a high level of alcohol
grape
harvest
vineyard
table wine
fine wine
new wine, usually red, that must be bottled within the year of harvest
vine or grape variety
lively, as in light sparkling wines
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