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a
- Additional Geographic Units
- Ageing
- Alte Reben
- Amontillado
- AOC
- Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée
- Asoleo
- Aszúsodás
b
- Barrel
- Barrique
- basket press
- Bâtonnage
- Baumé
- Baumpresse
- Bé
- Biodynamic
- Biodynamics
- Biodynamie
- Botrytis
- Botrytis cinerea
- Brett
- Brettanomyces
- Brix
c
- Capo Submerso
- Chaptalisation
- Chaptalise
- Chaptalization
- Chaptalize
- Chicken and Hen
- Clos
- Complantation
- Contrada
- Cosecha
- Crystal Sunshine
d
- Délestage
- Denominazione di Origine
- Denominazione di Origine Controllata
- Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita
- Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita
- D.O
- D.O.C
- D.O.C.G
- DOCG
- Dosage
- Dry
e
- Edelfäule
- Élévage
- En Rama
- Estufagem
f
- Feinherb
- Field Blend
- Fino
- Flor
- Funk
g
- Garrigue
- Glycerol
- Grape First
h
- H2S
- Halbtrocken
- Hen and Chicken
- Hogshead
- Hydrogen Sulphide
i
- IGT
- Indicazione Geografica Tipica
l
- La Bota
- Lagare
- Lage
- Lees Stirring
- Leiblich
- Lieu-Dit
- Liqueur d'Expedition
- Lithe
m
- Maenads
- Malo
- Malolactic Fermentation
- Manzanilla
- Manzanilla Pasada
- Massal Selection
- Mass Selection
- Maturation
- Mercaptan
- Methoxypyrazines
- Millerandage
- MLF
- Monopole
- Moussiness
- Mousy
- Muffa nobile
n
- Natural Wine
- Noble Rot
o
- Old Vine
- Oloroso
- Oxidative
p
- Palo Cortado
- Paraje
- Pedro Ximénez
- Pied de Cuve
- Pied de Cuvée
- Pourriture noble
- Protective
- Pueblo
- Puncheon
r
- Rack and Return
- Racking and Returning
- Rancio
- Recioto
- Reduced
- Reduction
- Reduction
- Reductive
- Reduit
- Réglisse
- Remuage
- Residual Sugar
- Riddling
- Ried
- Riedenwein
- Ripasso
- Rotten Egg Gas
- RS
s
- Saca
- Sec
- Sélection Massale
- Sforzato
- Sfursat
- Soleo
- Solera
- Submerged cap
- Sulphide
- Super Second
- Sur Latte
- Sur Pointe
t
- Tartrate
- Terpene
- Tirage
- Trocken
u
- UGA
- UGAs
- Ullage
- Unità Geografiche Aggiuntive
v
- VA
- Vecchie Vigna
- Vielles Vignes
- Vigna Vecchie
- Village
- Village
- Vinha Velle
- Volatile
- Volatile Acidity
w
- Wine Diamonds
- Wine Pox
- WOTN