Wine Arcana
A small encyclopædia of wine.
Fundamentals
Grapes 208
A
- Agiorgitiko
- Aglianico
- Albariño — Alvarinho
- Aleksandrouli — Alexandrouli
- Alicante Bouschet — Alicante Henri Bouschet, Garnacha Tintorera
- Aligoté
- Areni — Areni Noir
- Arinto — Pedernã, Arinto de Bucelas
- Assyrtiko
- Auxerrois Blanc
B
- Bacchus
- Baga — Tinta Bairrada, Poeirinho
- Barbera
- Biancolella
- Bical — Borrado das Moscas
- Blaufränkisch — Blaufrankisch, Kékfrankos, Lemberger, Blauer Limberger, Frankovka
- Bourboulenc — Doucillon blanc
- Brancellao — Albarello, Alvarelhão, Serradelo, Brancello
C
- Cabernet Franc — Breton, Bouchet
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Caíño Tinto — Borraçal
- Carignan — Cariñena, Carignane, Mazuelo, Mazuela
- Carménère
- Carricante
- Casavecchia
- Catarratto — Catarratto Bianco Comune, Catarratto Bianco Lucido
- Catawba
- Chambourcin
- Chardonnay
- Chenin Blanc — Chenin, Pineau de la Loire, Steen
- Chinuri — Chinebuli
- Cinsault — Cinsaut, Hermitage, Ottavianello
- Clairette blanche — Clairette, Clairette B
- Cococciola
- Coda di Volpe
- Colombard — French Colombard
- Concord
- Corvina — Corvina Veronese, Cruina
- Corvinone
- Counoise — Moustardier
D
- Dindarella — Pelara
- Dolcetto — Ormeasco
- Durella
- Durif — Petite Sirah
F
- Falanghina
- Fer Servadou — Fer, Braucol, Mansois, Pinenc
- Fernão Pires — Maria Gomes
- Fiano
- Fokiano
- Folle Blanche — Gros Plant
- Forastera
- Frappato — Frappato di Vittoria
- Friulano — Tocai Friulano, Sauvignonasse, Tai
- Frontenac — Frontenac noir
- Furmint — Šipon, Moslavac
G
- Gamay
- Garganega — Grecanico Dorato, Garganego
- Gewürztraminer — Gewurztraminer, Traminer Aromatico
- Glera — Prosecco Tondo
- Godello — Gouveio
- Goruli Mtsvane
- Greco — Asprinio, Asprinio Bianco
- Grenache — Garnacha, Cannonau, Garnatxa
- Grenache Blanc — Garnacha Blanca, Garnatxa Blanca
- Grillo — Ariddu, Riddu
- Grolleau Noir — Grolleau
- Gros Manseng
- Grüner Veltliner — Gruner Veltliner, Gruener Veltliner, Weißgipfler
H
- Hárslevelű — Harslevelu, Lipovina, Lindenblättriger
L
- La Crescent
- Lacrima
- Limnio — Kalampaki, Kalambaki
- Listán Negro — Almuñeco
- Loureiro — Loureira
M
- Macabeo — Viura, Macabeu, Maccabéo
- Malagousia — Malagouzia
- Malbec — Côt, Cot, Auxerrois, Pressac
- Malvasia Istriana — Malvazija Istarska
- Mandilaria — Mandilari
- Manseng Noir — Ferron, Espadeiron Mole
- Marquette
- Marsanne
- Mavrodaphne — Mavrodafni, Mavrodaphni
- Melon de Bourgogne
- Mencía — Jaen
- Merlot
- Molinara — Rossano, Rossanella
- Montepulciano
- Moschofilero
- Mourvèdre — Mourvedre, Monastrell, Mataro, Mataró
- Mtsvane Kakhuri — Kakhuri Mtsvane
- Mujuretuli
- Müller-Thurgau — Rivaner, Riesling-Silvaner
- Muscadelle
- Muscardin
- Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains — Muscat Blanc, Moscato Bianco, Gelber Muskateller, Moscatel de Grano Menudo, Sárgamuskotály
- Muscat of Alexandria — Moscatel de Alejandría, Muscat d'Alexandrie, Zibibbo, Moscatel de Málaga
N
- Nebbiolo — Spanna, Chiavennasca, Prunent
- Négrette
- Negroamaro — Negro Amaro
- Nerello Cappuccio — Nerello Mantellato
- Nerello Mascalese
- Nero d'Avola — Calabrese
- Nero di Troia — Uva di Troia
- Neuburger
- Niagara
- Nocera
- Norton — Cynthiana
- Nosiola
O
- Ojaleshi
- Olaszrizling — Welschriesling, Graševina, Riesling Italico
- Oseleta
P
- Pallagrello Bianco
- Pallagrello Nero
- Palomino Fino — Listán Blanco, Listán Blanco de Canarias, Listrão, Malvasia Rei
- Parellada — Montonec, Montonega
- Passerina
- Pecorino — Vissanello
- Pedro Ximénez — PX
- Perricone — Pignatello, Guarnaccio
- Petit Manseng
- Petit Verdot
- Petite Pearl
- Picardan
- Picpoul Blanc — Piquepoul Blanc, Picpoul, Piquepoul
- Piedirosso — Per'e Palummo
- Pignolo
- Pineau d’Aunis — Chenin noir
- Pinot Blanc — Pinot Bianco, Weißburgunder, Beli pinot, Rulandské biele
- Pinot Gris — Pinot Grigio, Grauburgunder, Ruländer
- Pinot Meunier — Meunier, Schwarzriesling, Müllerrebe
- Pinot Noir — Spätburgunder, Blauer Spätburgunder, Blauburgunder, Pinot Nero
- Pinotage
- Poulsard — Ploussard
R
- Raboso Piave — Friularo
- Raboso Veronese
- Recantina — Recantina Forner
- Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso
- Regent
- Ribolla Gialla — Rebula, Ribuele
- Riesling — White Riesling, Weißer Riesling, Rhine Riesling
- Rkatsiteli
- Robola
- Roditis — Rhoditis
- Romorantin — Danery
- Rondinella
- Rotgipfler
- Roussanne — Bergeron
S
- Sangiovese — Sangioveto, Brunello, Prugnolo Gentile, Morellino, Nielluccio
- Saperavi
- Sauvignon Blanc — Sauvignon
- Savagnin — Savagnin blanc, Naturé, Weißer Traminer
- Savvatiano — Savatiano
- Scheurebe — Sämling 88
- Schioppettino — Ribolla nera
- Sémillon — Semillon
- Sercial — Esgana Cão, Esgana-Cão
- Seyval Blanc — Seyval
- Shavkapito
- Silvaner — Sylvaner, Grüner Silvaner
- Solaris
- Sousón — Vinhão, Sousão, Souzão
- Souvignier Gris
- St. Laurent — Saint Laurent, Sankt Laurent, Svatovavřinecké, Svätovavrinecké
- Syrah — Shiraz, Sérine
T
- Tannat
- Tazzelenghe
- Tempranillo — Tempranillo Tinto, Tinta Roriz, Aragonez, Tinto Fino, Tinta del País, Tinta de Toro, Cencibel, Ull de Llebre, Araúxa
- Terret noir
- Touriga Franca — Touriga Francesa
- Touriga Nacional — Touriga, Touriga Fina, Preto Mortágua, Tourigo
- Traminette
- Treixadura — Trajadura
- Trincadeira — Tinta Amarela, Trincadeira Preta
- Trousseau — Bastardo, Merenzao
- Tsitska
- Tsolikouri
U
- Ugni Blanc — Trebbiano Toscano
V
- Vaccarèse — Brun argenté
- Verdejo
- Verdelho — Verdelho de Madeira
- Verdicchio — Verdicchio Bianco, Trebbiano di Soave, Trebbiano di Lugana, Turbiana
- Verduzzo Friulano — Verduzzo Giallo
- Vermentino — Rolle, Garbesso, Vermentinu, Favorita, Pigato
- Vernaccia Nera
- Vespaiola
- Vidal Blanc — Vidal
- Vidiano
- Viognier
- Vitovska
- Voskehat — Voskeat, Khardji, Kharji
Z
- Zierfandler — Spätrot
- Zinfandel — Primitivo, Crljenak Kaštelanski, Tribidrag, Pribidrag, Kratošija
- Zweigelt — Blauer Zweigelt, Zweigeltrebe, Rotburger
Regions 61
A
- Abruzzo
- Alsace
- Alto Adige — Südtirol, South Tyrol
- Arbois
C
E
- Eger
- England
- Etna — Mount Etna
- Etyek-Buda
F
- Finger Lakes
- Franken — Franconia
- Friuli-Venezia Giulia — Friuli
H
- Hermitage — L'Hermitage, Ermitage, L'Ermitage
I
L
W
Styles 12
A
- Amarone della Valpolicella — Amarone
B
- Botrytized sweet wine — Botrytised sweet wine, Noble-rot wine
I
- Icewine — Ice wine, Eiswein, Vin de glace
M
- Madeira — Madeira wine
P
- Port — Port wine, Porto, Vinho do Porto
R
- Recioto di Soave
- Rosé — Rosé wine, Rosado, Rosato
S
- Sherry
- Skin-contact white wine — Orange wine, Amber wine
- Straw wine — Vin de paille
Concepts 45
A
- Acidity — Wine acidity
- Alcoholic fermentation
- Altitude — Elevation
- Appassimento
B
- Black rot
- Bottle aging — Bottle ageing
- Brettanomyces — Brett, Brettanomyces bruxellensis
C
- Canopy management
- Carbonic maceration — Macération carbonique
- Crop load
D
F
- Flor — Velo de flor
- Fortification — Fortified wine
- From harvest to bottle
G
L
- Lees aging — Sur lie aging, Ageing on lees
M
- Maceration — Wine maceration
- Malolactic fermentation — Malolactic conversion, MLF
O
- Oak maturation — Oak aging, Oak ageing, Barrel aging, Barrel ageing
- Oxidation — Wine oxidation
P
- Phylloxera
- Pierce's disease
- Powdery mildew
- Pressing — Grape pressing
- Pruning and training systems — Vine pruning, Vine training
R
- Racking and topping — Soutirage, Ouillage
- Reduction — Reductive winemaking
- Residual sugar — RS
S
- Serving temperature
- Solera — Criaderas y solera
- Spring frost
- Sulfur dioxide — Sulphur dioxide, Sulfites, Sulphites
T
- Tannin — Wine tannin
- Tartrate stabilization — Tartrate stabilisation, Cold stabilization, Cold stabilisation
- Teinturier
- The vineyard year
V
- Véraison
- Volatile acidity — VA
W
- Whole-cluster fermentation — Whole-bunch fermentation
- Wine filtration
- Wine fining
- Winter hardiness