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Terms in Italian 10321-10330 of 10470

vino da pasto

/VEE-noh dah PAHS-toh/
[Italian] plural vini da pasto

Everyday table wine.

vino da taglio

/VEE-noh dah TAH'lyoh/
[Italian] plural vini da taglio

Blending wine, usually produced in southern Italy and shipped north.

vino da tavola

/VEE-noh dah TAH-voh-lah/
[Italian] plural vini da tavola

Table wine

vino della casa

/VEE-noh dehl-lah KAH-sah/
[Italian] plural vini della casa

House wine. Don’t overlook house wines as, in some areas, they can be very good, local wines.

vino di riso

/VEE-noh dee REE-soh/
[Italian] plural vini di riso

Rice wine

vino dolce

/VEE-noh DOHL-cheh/
[Italian] plural vini dolci

Sweet wine

vino d'uva

/VEE-noh DOO-vah/
[Italian] plural vini d'uva

"Grape wine." This seems obvious, but it is a term used often for home-made wines or wines of a definite and known provenance. "Grape wine" indicates that they know that it is made with grapes, rather than all the other rubbish which they assume goes into wines from large producers or co-operatives. It is often good.

vino frizzante

/VEE-noh freets-TSAHN-teh/
[Italian] plural vini frizzanti

Lightly sparkling wine.

vino in bottiglia

/VEE-noh een boht-TEEL-yah/
[Italian] plural vini in bottiglia

Bottled wine

Vino Nobile di Montepulciano

/VEE-noh NOH-bee-leh dee mohn-teh-pool-CHYAH-noh/
[Italian]

A well-known, rich red wine produced in the Sienna region Tuscany, based on Sangiovese grapes. It is usually good value. (DOC). A cerasuolo and Vin Santo is made in the same region Vino Nobile di Montepulciano should be aged for two years. After three years it may be called "riserva" and after four "riserva speciale".