Updated October 28, 2021.
ITALIAN | ENGLISH |
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; compare with a giropoggio) |
acciaio (inossidabile) | stainless-steel (vat/tank) |
acinellatura | millerandage (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 |
appassimento | raisining/drying (of the grapes) |
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 | permanent cordon (cordon-trained spur-pruned vines) |
criomacerazione | cold soak |
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 (black dead arm or black measles) |
escursione termica | diurnal shift (temperature variation) |
femminella | lateral shoot |
fermentazione arrestata | stuck fermentation |
filare | row |
filtro a cartone | plate filter (pad filter) |
fioretta | film yeast/surface yeast/mycoderma |
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 |
vino dozzinale | plonk |
vite | vine |
viticcio | tendril |
vitigno | grape variety |