Italian Wine Terms: Giropoggio, Ritocchino and More

Jeremy Parzen, on his informative and interesting  blog, Dobianchi.com, posted a list of Italian wine terms with the English translation. It is a list which Jeremy adds to from time to time and it has  terms you will not find anywhere else like  a giropoggio and a ritocchino.  Here is the latest version of Jeremy’s wine glossary:

ITALIAN	ENGLISH
a giropoggio	east-west row orientation
a ritocchino	north-south row orientation
acciaio [inossidabile]	stainless-steel [vat/tank]
affinamento	aging
alberello	head-trained [vines]
allevamento	training
argilla	clay
arresto di fermentazione	stuck fermentation
assemblaggio	blend
barbatella	grafted cutting
barrique	barrique [small French oak cask]
bâtonnage	stirring on the lees
biodinamica	biodynamics/biodynamic
biologico	organic
botte	traditional large cask
bucce	skins
Cabernet [Sauvignon]	Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Franc	Cabernet Franc
calcare/calcareo	limestone/calcareous [limestone-rich]
cappello sommerso	submerged cap maceration
chioma	canopy
cordone speronato	cordon-trained spur-pruned [vines]
cru	vineyard designation/single vineyard
cuvée	blend
délestage	rack and return
deraspare/deraspatrice	de-stemm/de-stemmer
diradamento	pruning/thinning grapes/dropping fruit
DOC	DOC [designation of controlled origin]
DOCG	DOCG [designation of controlled and guaranteed origin]
DOP	PDO [Protected Designation of Origin]
doppio capovolto	double-arched cane [training]
esca	esca [alt.: black dead arm or black measles]
escursione termica	[diurnal] temperature variation
fementazione arrestata	stuck fermentation
femminella	lateral shoot
follatura	punching down
galestro	galestro [a marl- and limestone-rich subsoil unique to Tuscany]
giropoggio	east-west row orientation
grappa	grappa
grappolo	cluster/bunch
Guyot	Guyot
IGP	PGI [Protected Geographical Indication]
IGT	IGT [typical geographical indication]
leccio	holm oak
lievito naturale	native/ambient/indigenous/wild yeast
lievito selezionato	cultured yeast
limo	silt
macchia mediterranea	Mediterranean maquis [shrubland]
maestrale (vento di maestrale)	north-westerly wind
malolactica	malolactic fermentation
marna/marne	marl
millerandage	millerandage [alt.: shot berries, hens and chicks, orpumpkins and peas]
monovitigno	single-grape variety [wine]
mosto	must
oidio	oidium [powdery mildew]
peronospora	peronospora [downy mildew]
pied de cuve	pied de cuve [native yeast starter]
pigiatura	pressing
portinnesto	rootstock
quercia	oak
rimontaggio	pumping over
ritocchino	north-south row orientation
sabbia/sabbioso	sand/sandy [sandy soil]
Sauvignon [Blanc]	Sauvignon Blanc
siccità/stress idrico	hydric stress
sistema di allevamento	training
sottosuolo	subsoil
stralciatura	deshooting
stress idrico/siccità	hydric stress
sulle bucce	skin contact [macerated on the skins]
sulle fecce nobili	lees aged [aged on its lees]
sur lie	lees aged [aged on its lees]
terreno/terreni	soil
tignola della vite	vine moth [Eupoecilia ambiguella]
tralcio	shoot/cane
tramoggia	hopper/feeder
tufo	tufaceous subsoil [porous limestone]
vasca	vat/tank
vento di maestrale	north-westerly wind
vigna/vigne	vine/vineyards
vigneto	vineyard
vinaccia/vinacce	pomace
vite	vine
vitigno	grape variety