Translation of Italian to English, helping you to save confusion when buying a bottle of Italian Wine.
Abboccato - Medium-sweet and full bodied
Amabile - Medium-sweet
Annata - Vintage
Azienda (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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