Comments on: A note on Italian winery designations: azienda, cascina, fattoria, podere, et cetera

By: Chris Zimmerman

Chris Zimmerman — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 02:04:14 +0000

Marilena,
Thank you! Baglio, a great Sicilian word. Perfect description! Grazie Mille.

By: Marilena Barbera

Marilena Barbera — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:18:53 +0000

Thanks Jeremy for the great research!

Let me write about something familiar: “BAGLIO”
It is a traditional building in the Sicilian architecture, usually surrounded by high walls and always with an inside courtyard. The building can include a farmhouse, usually the farmer’s house, a warehouse to store produces and other buildings to transform and keep food (olive oil and/or wine).
From the latin “ballium”, or the arabic “bahah”, both meaning courtyard.

By: rob forman

rob forman — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 04:39:48 +0000

Cantina Sociale? Cooperativa? Masseria?(though not exclusive to wine producing, used in Puglia)

By: Evecypepleree

Evecypepleree — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:58:13 +0000

http://google.com

By: Chris Zimmerman

Chris Zimmerman — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:03:58 +0000

Thank you Jeremy, very cool stuff. Also the term similar to Podere, Fattoria or Cascina used in Trentino; Maso. Say hi to Guy Stout for me!
Chris Zimmerman

By: Watch Ver

Watch Ver — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:01:30 +0000

Keep at it, this is great.

By: maurizio fava

maurizio fava — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:23:27 +0000

Hi Jeremy, well done!
Just one thing about ‘CASCINA’
It means both the whole estate (farmhouse+other buildings+fields+vineyard+more…)and the working buildings (not the farmer’s house)
in the second case, not only diary and cheese but, much more frequently, straw, corn, wood an so on..
When wine is also produced, it will never will be stored in a Cascina, but always in a CANTINA
ciao.

By: avvinare

avvinare — Tue, 25 May 2010 14:52:32 +0000

Great posts and interesting thread. I think that sori comment is hysterical.

What about another post explaining the differences between say dolce, amabile, etc as they relate to wine and food. Love to see your food knowledge terminology shared with the rest of us…Or faraone, pollo, pollastro, pollastrello. You get the gist. Thanks.

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 16 May 2010 09:47:22 +0000

Thanks 2B! I always wondered about the little nuances in winery names. I will hand this out to my server staff tomorrow!

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 07 May 2010 03:13:29 +0000

Poggio- one of my favorite Italian words. I first learned the term with cycling. In March, during Milan-San Remo (Aka “La Primavera”) the race is often determined on one of the last climbs named the Poggio (http://www.milansanremo.co.uk/Poggio/Poggio_Ascent.htm) .
It’s also the name of one of my favorite restaurants in the Bay area.

You put poggio on the bottle, 99% chance I’m trying it.