|  |  | | Italian Wine Labels And Their Meanings: |  | | | Abboccato | Slightly sweet | Amabile | "Gently" sweet | Amaro | Bitter, very dry | Annata | Vintage year | Asciutto | Bone dry | Barrique | Small 225l oak barrel | Botte | Very large oak vat | Cantina Sociale | Growers' cooperative | Casa Vinicola | Wine firm | Cerasuolo | Cherry pink | Chiaretto | Pale red, almost pink | Classico | Heart of a DOC area | Consorzio | Growers' association | Cru | Vinyard site | DOC | Denominazione di Origine Controllata | Dolce | Very sweet | Frizzante | Lightly sparkling | Imbottigliato | Bottled | Liquoroso | Sweet, usually fortified | Località | Single vinyard site | Passito | Wine from dried grapes | Riserva | Specially selected wines | Rosato | Pink, rose | Rosso | Red | Secco | Dry | Spumante | Fully sparkling | Superiore | Higher standard | Uvaggio | Wine from mix of grapes | Vecchio | Old | Vigna, Vigneto | Single vinyard site | Vino da Tavola | Table wine category | |  |  | | These pages designed and maintained by: RHCP Group Copyright 1997-2000 Send E-mail to the WebMaster | |