Updated March 21, 2019.
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| a giropoggio | vines planted across a slope (along the contour of the slope; compare with a ritocchino) |
| a ritocchino | vines planted up and down a slope (from peak to valley, as it were; compare with a giropoggio) |
| acciaio [inossidabile] | stainless-steel [vat/tank] |
| acinellatura | millerandage [alt.: shot berries, hens and chicks, or pumpkins and peas] |
| affinamento | aging |
| alberello | head-trained bush vines |
| allegagione | fruit set |
| allevamento | training |
| apice vegetativo | shoot tip |
| argilla | clay |
| arresto di fermentazione | stuck fermentation |
| assemblaggio | blend |
| azoto | nitrogen |
| barbatella | rooted cutting/bench graft |
| 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] |
| capo a frutto | fruit cane |
| cappello sommerso | submerged cap maceration |
| chioma | canopy |
| chiusura grappolo | bunch closure |
| cimatura | hedging |
| cocciniglia | mealybug |
| cordone | Cordon |
| cordone speronato | cordon-trained spur-pruned [vines] |
| cru | vineyard designation/single vineyard |
| cuvée | blend |
| délestage | rack and return |
| diradamento dei grappoli | pruning/thinning grapes/dropping fruit/green harvest |
| diradamento di germogli | shoot thinning |
| diraspare/diraspatrice | de-stem/de-stemmer |
| 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] |
| drenaggio | drainage |
| esca | esca [alt.: black dead arm or black measles] |
| escursione termica | [diurnal] temperature variation |
| femminella | lateral shoot |
| fermentazione arrestata | stuck fermentation |
| filare | row |
| flavescenza dorata | grapevine yellows (flavescence dorée) |
| follatura | punching down |
| forma di allevamento | training system/trellis system |
| galestro | galestro [a marl- and limestone-rich subsoil unique to Tuscany] |
| gemma | bud |
| gemma dormiente, gemma d’inverno | dormant bud |
| germogliamento | budbreak, budburst |
| giropoggio | vines planted across a slope (along the contour of the slope; compare with a ritocchino) |
| grappa | grappa |
| grappolo | cluster/bunch |
| grappolo spargolo | loosely clustered grape bunch |
| Guyot | Guyot |
| IGP | PGI [Protected Geographical Indication] |
| IGT | IGT [typical geographical indication] |
| inerbimento | sward management of the soil |
| innesto | graft |
| interfila | inter-row |
| invaiatura | veraison |
| 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 |
| marza | scion |
| maturazione | ripening |
| monovitigno | single-grape variety [wine] |
| mosto | must |
| oidio | oidium [powdery mildew] |
| pedicello | pedicel |
| peduncolo | stem (peduncle) |
| pergola | pergola / overhead trellis system |
| peronospora | peronospora [downy mildew] |
| pied de cuve | pied de cuve [native yeast starter] |
| pigiatura | crush/crushing |
| pirodiserbatore | weed torch/weed flamer |
| pirodiserbo | weed torching |
| pollone | sucker |
| portinnesto | rootstock |
| pressa | press |
| pressare | to press |
| quercia | oak |
| rachide | rachis |
| raspo | stem |
| rimontaggio | pumping over |
| ritocchino | vines planted up and down a slope (from peak to valley, as it were; compare with a giropoggio) |
| sabbia/sabbioso | sand/sandy [sandy soil] |
| Sauvignon [Blanc] | Sauvignon Blanc |
| scacchiatura | shoot-thinning |
| scheletro | very fine gravel |
| seme | seed |
| sfogliatura | leaf plucking |
| sgemmatura | disbudding |
| siccità | drought/drought conditions |
| sistema di allevamento | training/trellis system |
| sottofila | under-row |
| sottosuolo | subsoil |
| sovescio | cover crop/green manure |
| sovramaturazione | over-ripening |
| spalliera (vigneto a spalliera) | vertical shoot positioning of the shoots (VSP) |
| spargolo (grappolo spargolo) | loosely clustered (grape bunch) |
| sperone | spur |
| spollonatura | (disbudding and suckering) de-suckering |
| stralciatura | shoot-thinning |
| stress idrico | 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] |
| svinatura | racking (devatting, drawing off) |
| terreno/terreni | soil |
| tessitura (del suoolo) | soil texture |
| tignola della vite | vine moth [Eupoecilia ambiguella] European berry moth |
| 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 |
| vinacciolo | seed |
| vite | vine |
| viticcio | tendril |
| vitigno | grape variety |
