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History of Chianti, the Glossary

The history of Chianti dates back to at least the 13th century with the earliest incarnations of Chianti as a white wine.^[1]

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History of wine
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Accademia dei Georgofili

The Accademia dei Georgofili (Academy of Georgofili) is an educational institution in Florence, Italy.

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Aging of wine

The aging of wine is potentially able to improve the quality of wine.

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Aleatico

Aleatico is a red Italian wine grape variety.

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The Alps are one of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia.

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Ampelography

Ampelography (ἄμπελος, "vine" + γράφος, "writing") is the field of botany concerned with the identification and classification of grapevines, ''Vitis'' spp. Traditionally this has been done by comparing the shape and colour of the vine leaves and grape berries; more recently the study of vines has been revolutionised by DNA fingerprinting.

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Amphora

An amphora (ἀμφορεύς|; English) is a type of container with a pointed bottom and characteristic shape and size which fit tightly (and therefore safely) against each other in storage rooms and packages, tied together with rope and delivered by land or sea.

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Antinori

Marchesi Antinori Srl is an Italian wine company, based in Florence, Tuscany, that can trace its history back to 1385.

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Aristocracy (class)

The aristocracy is historically associated with a "hereditary" or a "ruling" social class.

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Aroma of wine

The aromas of wine are more diverse than its flavours.

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Austrian wine

Austrian wines are mostly dry white wines (often made from the Grüner Veltliner grape), though some sweeter white wines (such as dessert wines made around the Neusiedler See) are also produced.

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Barberino Val d'Elsa

Barberino Val d'Elsa is a frazione of Barberino Tavarnelle which was until December 2018 a sovereign comune (municipality).

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Baron

Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical.

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Bettino Ricasoli

Bettino Ricasoli, 1st Count of Brolio, 2nd Baron Ricasoli (9 March 180923 October 1880) was an Italian statesman.

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Bolgheri

Bolgheri is a central Italian village and hamlet (frazione) of Castagneto Carducci, a municipality (comune) in the province of Livorno, Tuscany. History of Chianti and Bolgheri are wine regions of Italy.

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Bordeaux wine

Bordeaux wine (vin de Bordèu, vin de Bordeaux) is produced in the Bordeaux region of southwest France, around the city of Bordeaux, on the Garonne River.

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Bottle

A bottle is a narrow-necked container made of an impermeable material (such as glass, plastic or aluminium) in various shapes and sizes that stores and transports liquids.

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Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the world's most widely recognized red wine grape varieties.

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Campania

Campania is an administrative region of Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islands and the island of Capri. History of Chianti and Campania are wine regions of Italy.

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Canaiolo

Canaiolo (also called Canaiolo nero or Uva Canina) is a red Italian wine grape grown through Central Italy but is most noted in Tuscany. History of Chianti and Canaiolo are Tuscany.

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Canopy (grape)

In viticulture, the canopy of a grapevine includes the parts of the vine visible aboveground - the trunk, cordon, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruit.

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Carbon dioxide

Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula.

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Castellina in Chianti

Castellina in Chianti is a comune (municipality) of c. 2,800 inhabitants in the province of Siena, in the Italian region Tuscany, located about south of Florence and about northwest of Siena.

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Castello di Brolio

The Castello di Brolio is a rural castle, palace and gardens located in San Regolo, in the municipality of Gaiole in Chianti, about 20 km NE of Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy.

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Castelnuovo Berardenga

Castelnuovo Berardenga is a comune (municipality) in the province of Siena in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southeast of Florence and about east of Siena.

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Chianti

Chianti is an Italian red wine produced in the Chianti region of central Tuscany, principally from the Sangiovese grape.

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Chianti (region)

Chianti, in Italy also referred to as Monti del Chianti ("Chianti Mountains") or Colline del Chianti ("Chianti Hills"), is a mountainous area of Tuscany in the provinces of Florence, Siena and Arezzo, composed mainly of hills and mountains. History of Chianti and Chianti (region) are wine regions of Italy.

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Chiocchio

Chiocchio is a village (frazione) of the comune of Greve in Chianti, Italy.

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Cosimo III de' Medici

Cosimo III de' Medici (14 August 1642 – 31 October 1723) was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1670 until his death in 1723, the sixth and penultimate from the House of Medici.

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Cutting (plant)

A plant cutting is a piece of a plant that is used in horticulture for vegetative (asexual) propagation.

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Denominazione di origine controllata

The following four classifications of wine constitute the Italian system of labelling and legally protecting Italian wine.

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English people

The English people are an ethnic group and nation native to England, who speak the English language, a West Germanic language, and share a common ancestry, history, and culture.

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Etruscan civilization

The Etruscan civilization was an ancient civilization created by the Etruscans, a people who inhabited Etruria in ancient Italy, with a common language and culture who formed a federation of city-states.

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Export

An export in international trade is a good produced in one country that is sold into another country or a service provided in one country for a national or resident of another country.

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Fall of the Western Roman Empire

The fall of the Western Roman Empire, also called the fall of the Roman Empire or the fall of Rome, was the loss of central political control in the Western Roman Empire, a process in which the Empire failed to enforce its rule, and its vast territory was divided between several successor polities.

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Fermentation in winemaking

The process of fermentation in winemaking turns grape juice into an alcoholic beverage.

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Fiasco (bottle)

A fiasco (fiaschi) is a traditional Italian style of bottle, usually with a round body and bottom, partially or completely covered with a close-fitting straw basket.

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Florence

Florence (Firenze) is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany.

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Francesco Datini

Francesco di Marco Datini (c. 1335 – 16 August 1410) was an Italian merchant born in Prato.

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French wine

French wine is produced all throughout France, in quantities between 50 and 60 million hectolitres per year, or 7–8 billion bottles.

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Frescobaldi

The Frescobaldi are a prominent Florentine noble family that have been involved in the political, social, and economic history of Tuscany since the Middle Ages.

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Gaiole in Chianti

Gaiole in Chianti is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Siena in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southeast of Florence and about northeast of Siena.

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Gaul

Gaul (Gallia) was a region of Western Europe first clearly described by the Romans, encompassing present-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and parts of Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, and Northern Italy.

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German wine

German wine is primarily produced in the west of Germany, along the river Rhine and its tributaries, with the oldest plantations going back to the Roman era.

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Giovanni Cosimo Villifranchi

Giovanni Cosimo Villifranchi (or Villafranchi, 1646–1699) was, according to Robert Lamar Weaver, "the most productive and creative Italian comic librettist in the second half of the 17th century." He wrote the majority of comic works performed at the Villa Pratolino during the last quarter of the seventeenth century.

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Governo

Governo is a winemaking technique reportedly invented in Tuscany in the 14th century to help complete fermentation and stabilize the wine.

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Great French Wine Blight

The Great French Wine Blight was a severe blight of the mid-19th century that destroyed many of the vineyards in France and laid waste to the wine industry. History of Chianti and Great French Wine Blight are history of wine.

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Greve in Chianti

Greve in Chianti (the old name was Greve; in 1972 it was renamed Greve in Chianti after the inclusion of that area in the Chianti wine district) is a town and comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy.

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Guild

A guild is an association of artisans and merchants who oversee the practice of their craft/trade in a particular territory.

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Harvest (wine)

The harvesting of wine grapes (vintage) is one of the most crucial steps in the process of wine-making.

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Holy Roman Emperor

The Holy Roman Emperor, originally and officially the Emperor of the Romans (Imperator Romanorum, Kaiser der Römer) during the Middle Ages, and also known as the Roman-German Emperor since the early modern period (Imperator Germanorum, Roman-German emperor), was the ruler and head of state of the Holy Roman Empire.

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Hugh Johnson (wine writer)

Hugh Eric Allan Johnson (born 10 March 1939, in London) is an English journalist, author, editor, and expert on wine.

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Indicazione geografica tipica

Indicazione geografica tipica is the third of four classifications of wine recognized by the government of Italy.

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Italian diaspora

The Italian diaspora (emigrazione italiana) is the large-scale emigration of Italians from Italy.

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Italian wine

Italian wine (vino italiano) is produced in every region of Italy.

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Kingdom of Italy

The Kingdom of Italy (Regno d'Italia) was a state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, until 10 June 1946, when the monarchy was abolished, following civil discontent that led to an institutional referendum on 2 June 1946.

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Lacryma Christi

'Christ's tear' or Lachryma Christi of Vesuvius is a Neapolitan type of wine produced on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius in Campania, Italy.

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Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor

Leopold II (Peter Leopold Josef Anton Joachim Pius Gotthard; 5 May 1747 – 1 March 1792) was the 44th Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia, and Archduke of Austria from 1790 to 1792, and Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1765 to 1790.

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List of grand dukes of Tuscany

The title of Grand Duke of Tuscany was created on August 27, 1569 by a papal bull of Pope Pius V to Cosimo I de' Medici, member of the illustrious House of Medici.

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List of grape varieties

This list of grape varieties includes cultivated grapes, whether used for wine, or eating as a table grape, fresh or dried (raisin, currant, sultana).

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Lombards

The Lombards or Longobards (Longobardi) were a Germanic people who conquered most of the Italian Peninsula between 568 and 774.

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Malvasia

Malvasia, also known as Malvazia, is a group of wine grape varieties grown historically in the Mediterranean region, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands and the island of Madeira, but now grown in many of the winemaking regions of the world.

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Mammolo

Mammolo is a red Italian wine grape that is planted primarily in Tuscany.

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Marzemino

Marzemino is a red Italian wine grape variety that is primarily grown around Isera, south of Trentino.

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Merchant

A merchant is a person who trades in commodities produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries.

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Merlot

Merlot is a dark blue–colored wine grape variety that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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Middle class

The middle class refers to a class of people in the middle of a social hierarchy, often defined by occupation, income, education, or social status.

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Monastery

A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits).

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Must

Must (from the Latin vinum mustum) is freshly crushed fruit juice (usually grape juice) that contains the skins, seeds, and stems of the fruit.

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Naples

Naples (Napoli; Napule) is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's administrative limits as of 2022.

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Oak (wine)

Oak is used in winemaking to vary the color, flavor, tannin profile and texture of wine.

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Poggibonsi

Poggibonsi is a town in the province of Siena, Tuscany, central Italy.

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Portuguese wine

Portuguese wine was mostly introduced by the Romans and other ancient Mediterranean peoples who traded with local coastal populations, mainly in the South.

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Prime minister

A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system.

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Prime Minister of Italy

The prime minister of Italy, officially the president of the Council of Ministers (Presidente del Consiglio dei ministri), is the head of government of the Italian Republic.

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Procyanidin

Procyanidins are members of the proanthocyanidin (or condensed tannins) class of flavonoids.

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Province of Florence

The province of Florence (provincia di Firenze) was a province in the northeast of Tuscany region of Italy.

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Province of Siena

The province of Siena (provincia di Siena) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy.

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Radda in Chianti

Radda in Chianti is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Siena in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southeast of Florence and about north of Siena.

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Regional climate levels in viticulture

In viticulture, there are several levels of regional climates that are used to describe the terroir or immutable characteristics of an area.

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Renaissance

The Renaissance is a period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries.

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Romagna

Romagna (Rumâgna) is an Italian historical region that approximately corresponds to the south-eastern portion of present-day Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy.

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Rome

Rome (Italian and Roma) is the capital city of Italy.

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San Casciano in Val di Pesa

San Casciano in Val di Pesa is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southwest of Florence.

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Sangiovese

Sangiovese is a red Italian wine grape variety that derives its name from the Latin sanguis Jovis, "blood of Jupiter".

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Sanitation

Sanitation refers to public health conditions related to clean drinking water and treatment and disposal of human excreta and sewage.

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Secondary fermentation (wine)

Secondary fermentation is a process commonly associated with winemaking,J.

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Sharecropping is a legal arrangement in which a landowner allows a tenant (sharecropper) to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on that land.

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Siena

Siena (Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy. History of Chianti and Siena are Tuscany.

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Sir Edward Barry, 1st Baronet

Sir Edward Barry, 1st Baronet FRS (1696 – 29 March 1776) was an Irish physician and politician.

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Southern Italy

Southern Italy (Sud Italia,, or Italia meridionale,; 'o Sudde; Italia dû Suddi), also known as Meridione or Mezzogiorno (Miezojuorno; Menzujornu), is a macroregion of Italy consisting of its southern regions.

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Spanish wine

Spanish wine (or vino de España) includes red, white, and sparkling wines produced throughout the country.

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Sparkling wine

Sparkling wine is a wine with significant levels of carbon dioxide in it, making it fizzy.

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Sugars in wine

Sugars in wine are at the heart of what makes winemaking possible.

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Sweetness of wine

The subjective sweetness of a wine is determined by the interaction of several factors, including the amount of sugar in the wine, but also the relative levels of alcohol, acids, and tannins.

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Table wine

Table wine (rarely abbreviated TW) is a wine term with two different meanings: a style of wine and a quality level within wine classification.

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Tavarnelle Val di Pesa

Tavarnelle Val di Pesa is a former comune (municipality) and since 2019 a frazione of Barberino Tavarnelle in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany.

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Terroir

Terroir (from terre) is a French term used to describe the environmental factors that affect a crop's phenotype, including unique environment contexts, farming practices and a crop's specific growth habitat.

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Trebbiano

Trebbiano is an Italian wine grape, one of the most widely planted grape varieties in the world.

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Tuscan wine

Tuscan wine is Italian wine from the Tuscany region. History of Chianti and Tuscan wine are Tuscany and wine regions of Italy.

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Tuscany

Italian: toscano | citizenship_it. History of Chianti and Tuscany are wine regions of Italy.

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Uncinula necator

Uncinula necator (syn. Erysiphe necator) is a fungus that causes powdery mildew of grape.

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Unification of Italy

The unification of Italy (Unità d'Italia), also known as the Risorgimento, was the 19th century political and social movement that in 1861 resulted in the consolidation of various states of the Italian Peninsula and its outlying isles into a single state, the Kingdom of Italy.

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Vernaccia

Vernaccia is a white wine grape that is found in many Italian wines but is most commonly associated the Tuscan wine Vernaccia di San Gimignano.

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Vin Santo

Vin Santo is a style of Italian dessert wine.

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Vine training

The use of vine training systems in viticulture is aimed primarily to assist in canopy management with finding the balance in enough foliage to facilitate photosynthesis without excessive shading that could impede grape ripening or promote grape diseases.

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Viticulture

Viticulture (vitis cultura, "vine-growing"), viniculture (vinis cultura, "wine-growing"), or winegrowing is the cultivation and harvesting of grapes.

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White wine

White wine is a wine that is fermented without skin contact.

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Wine fault

A wine fault is a sensory-associated (organoleptic) characteristic of a wine that is unpleasant, and may include elements of taste, smell, or appearance, elements that may arise from a "chemical or a microbial origin", where particular sensory experiences (e.g., an off-odor) might arise from more than one wine fault.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Chianti

Also known as Chianti League, Historically used in Chianti, League of Chianti, Lega del Chianti, Lega di Chianti.

, Hugh Johnson (wine writer), Indicazione geografica tipica, Italian diaspora, Italian wine, Kingdom of Italy, Lacryma Christi, Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, List of grand dukes of Tuscany, List of grape varieties, Lombards, Malvasia, Mammolo, Marzemino, Merchant, Merlot, Middle Ages, Middle class, Monastery, Must, Naples, Oak (wine), Poggibonsi, Portuguese wine, Prime minister, Prime Minister of Italy, Procyanidin, Province of Florence, Province of Siena, Radda in Chianti, Regional climate levels in viticulture, Renaissance, Romagna, Rome, San Casciano in Val di Pesa, Sangiovese, Sanitation, Secondary fermentation (wine), Sharecropping, Siena, Sir Edward Barry, 1st Baronet, Southern Italy, Spanish wine, Sparkling wine, Sugars in wine, Sweetness of wine, Table wine, Tavarnelle Val di Pesa, Terroir, Trebbiano, Tuscan wine, Tuscany, Uncinula necator, Unification of Italy, Vernaccia, Vin Santo, Vine training, Viticulture, White wine, Wine fault, Wine label, Winemaking, World War II, Yeast in winemaking.

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History of wine

Tuscany

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