Above: a weed flamer or weed torch. Increasingly, organic grape growers in Italy are using weed flamers for grass management between rows (image via BeleCasel.it).
Here are the most recent entries in my Italian Wine Terms Glossary:
| flasvescenza dorata | grapevine yellows (flavescence dorée) |
| diserbante termico | weed torch/weed flamer |
| pirodiserbatore | weed torch/weed flamer |
| pirodiserbo | weed torching |
Grapevine yellows, aka flavescence dorée, is a bacterial disease that affects many growers in northern Italy. Its vector is the Scaphoideus titanus or leafhopper.
Weed torches or weed flamers are currently gaining favor among organic grape growers in Italy who have found weed torching to be an effective approach to herbicide-free grass management.
The updated glossary follows. I hope you find the index useful. Thanks for speaking Italian wine!
| ITALIAN | ENGLISH |
| a giropoggio | east-west row orientation |
| a ritocchino | north-south row orientation |
| acciaio [inossidabile] | stainless-steel [vat/tank] |
| affinamento | aging |
| alberello | head-trained [vines] |
| allegagione | fruit set |
| allevamento | training |
| argilla | clay |
| arresto di fermentazione | stuck fermentation |
| assemblaggio | blend |
| azoto | nitrogen |
| barbatella | grafted cutting |
| barrique | barrique [small French oak cask] |
| bâtonnage | stirring on the lees |
| biodinamica | biodynamics/biodynamic |
| biologico | organic |
| botte | traditional large cask |
| bucce | skins |
| Cabernet [Sauvignon] | Cabernet Sauvignon |
| Cabernet Franc | Cabernet Franc |
| calcare/calcareo | limestone/calcareous [limestone-rich] |
| cappello sommerso | submerged cap maceration |
| chioma | canopy |
| cordone speronato | cordon-trained spur-pruned [vines] |
| cru | vineyard designation/single vineyard |
| cuvée | blend |
| délestage | rack and return |
| deraspare/deraspatrice | de-stemm/de-stemmer |
| diradamento | pruning/thinning grapes/dropping fruit |
| diserbante termico | weed torch/weed flamer |
| DOC | DOC [designation of controlled origin] |
| DOCG | DOCG [designation of controlled and guaranteed origin] |
| DOP | PDO [Protected Designation of Origin] |
| doppio capovolto | double-arched cane [training] |
| esca | esca [alt.: black dead arm or black measles] |
| escursione termica | [diurnal] temperature variation |
| fementazione arrestata | stuck fermentation |
| femminella | lateral shoot |
| flasvescenza dorata | grapevine yellows (flavescence dorée) |
| follatura | punching down |
| galestro | galestro [a marl- and limestone-rich subsoil unique to Tuscany] |
| giropoggio | east-west row orientation |
| grappa | grappa |
| grappolo | cluster/bunch |
| Guyot | Guyot |
| IGP | PGI [Protected Geographical Indication] |
| IGT | IGT [typical geographical indication] |
| leccio | holm oak |
| lievito naturale | native/ambient/indigenous/wild yeast |
| lievito selezionato | cultured yeast |
| limo | silt |
| macchia mediterranea | Mediterranean maquis [shrubland] |
| maestrale (vento di maestrale) | north-westerly wind |
| malolattica | malolactic fermentation |
| marna/marne | marl |
| millerandage | millerandage [alt.: shot berries, hens and chicks, or pumpkins and peas] |
| monovitigno | single-grape variety [wine] |
| mosto | must |
| oidio | oidium [powdery mildew] |
| peronospora | peronospora [downy mildew] |
| pied de cuve | pied de cuve [native yeast starter] |
| pigiatura | pressing |
| pirodiserbatore | weed torch/weed flamer |
| pirodiserbo | weed torching |
| portinnesto | rootstock |
| quercia | oak |
| rimontaggio | pumping over |
| ritocchino | north-south row orientation |
| sabbia/sabbioso | sand/sandy [sandy soil] |
| Sauvignon [Blanc] | Sauvignon Blanc |
| scacchiatura | disbudding |
| siccità/stress idrico | hydric stress |
| sistema di allevamento | training |
| sottosuolo | subsoil |
| sovescio | cover crop/green manure |
| spollonatura | disbudding |
| stralciatura | deshooting |
| stress idrico/siccità | hydric stress |
| sulle bucce | skin contact [macerated on the skins] |
| sulle fecce nobili | lees aged [aged on its lees] |
| sur lie | lees aged [aged on its lees] |
| terreno/terreni | soil |
| tignola della vite | vine moth [Eupoecilia ambiguella] |
| tralcio | shoot/cane |
| tramoggia | hopper/feeder |
| tufo | tufaceous subsoil [porous limestone] |
| vasca | vat/tank |
| vento di maestrale | north-westerly wind |
| vigna/vigne | vine/vineyards |
| vigneto | vineyard |
| vinaccia/vinacce | pomace |
| vite | vine |
| vitigno | grape variety |
Do Bianchi 
Very useful!