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title: Santa Margherita wine glossary - Santa Margherita wines
description: All the wine terms and definitions you should know. A comprehensive wine dictionary that you can use to improve your knowledge of this fascinating world
author: Santa Margherita
url: https://www.santamargherita.com/en/wines-culture/glossary
---

# Wine glossary

- [A](https://www.santamargherita.com/#category-A)
- [B](https://www.santamargherita.com/#category-B)
- [C](https://www.santamargherita.com/#category-C)
- [D](https://www.santamargherita.com/#category-D)
- [F](https://www.santamargherita.com/#category-F)
- [G](https://www.santamargherita.com/#category-G)
- [H](https://www.santamargherita.com/#category-H)
- [I](https://www.santamargherita.com/#category-I)
- [L](https://www.santamargherita.com/#category-L)
- [M](https://www.santamargherita.com/#category-M)
- [O](https://www.santamargherita.com/#category-O)
- [P](https://www.santamargherita.com/#category-P)
- [R](https://www.santamargherita.com/#category-R)
- [S](https://www.santamargherita.com/#category-S)
- [T](https://www.santamargherita.com/#category-T)
- [V](https://www.santamargherita.com/#category-V)
- [W](https://www.santamargherita.com/#category-W)
- [Y](https://www.santamargherita.com/#category-Y)
- [Z](https://www.santamargherita.com/#category-Z)

- ### A
- [Acidity](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/a/acidity)
  - [Ageing and maturing](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/a/ageing-and-maturing)
  - [Alcoholic fermentation](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/a/alcoholic-fermentation)
  - [Alcoholic strength](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/a/alcoholic-strength)
  - [Ampelography](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/a/ampelography)
- ### B
- [Balance](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/b/balance)
  - [Barrels and barriques](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/b/barrels-and-barriques)
  - [Bitterness](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/b/bitterness)
  - [Botrytis Cinerea: Noble Rot](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/b/botrytis-cinerea-noble-rot)
  - [Bottling](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/b/bottling)
- ### C
- [Carbon dioxide](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/c/carbon-dioxide)
  - [Carbon maceration](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/c/carbon-maceration)
  - [Clarification](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/c/clarification)
  - [Classic](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/c/classic)
  - [Cork and corks](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/c/cork-and-corks)
  - [Cryoextraction](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/c/cryoextraction)
  - [Cuvee, cru and other gallicisms](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/c/cuvee,-cru-and-other-gallicisms)
- ### D
- [Decanting](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/d/decanting)
  - [Deposit](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/d/deposit)
  - [Destemming, crushing and pressing](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/d/destemming,-crushing-and-pressing)
  - [Diseases](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/d/diseases)
  - [Distillation](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/d/distillation)
  - [Dried grapes](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/d/dried-grapes)
- ### F
- [Filtration](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/f/filtration)
- ### G
- [Grape](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/g/grape)
  - [Grape ripening](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/g/grape-ripening)
- ### H
- [Health](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/h/health)
- ### I
- [Indigenous](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/i/indigenous)
- ### L
- [Label](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/l/label)
- ### M
- [Malolactic fermentation](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/m/malolactic-fermentation)
  - [Matching](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/m/matching)
  - [Must](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/m/must)
- ### O
- [Organic wine](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/o/organic-wine)
  - [Oxygen](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/o/oxygen)
- ### P
- [Perfume, aroma and bouquet](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/p/perfume,-aroma-and-bouquet)
  - [Phylloxera](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/p/phylloxera)
  - [Polyphenolics](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/p/polyphenolics)
  - [Pruning](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/p/pruning)
- ### R
- [Regulating production](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/r/regulating-production)
  - [Rootstocks, clones and rootlings](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/r/rootstocks,-clones-and-rootlings)
- ### S
- [Saltiness](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/s/saltiness)
  - [Sparkling wines and bottles](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/s/sparkling-wines-and-bottles)
  - [Sugars](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/s/sugars)
  - [Sweetness](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/s/sweetness)
- ### T
- [Tanks](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/t/tanks)
- ### V
- [Vine-treating system](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/v/vine-treating-system)
  - [Vitis Vinifera](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/v/vitis-vinifera)
- ### W
- [Wine (composition)](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/w/wine-composition)
  - [Wines apart from meals](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/w/wines-apart-from-meals)
  - [Work in the vineyards](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/w/work-in-the-vineyards)
- ### Y
- [Yeasts](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/y/yeasts)
- ### Z
- [Zoning](https://www.santamargherita.com/en/glossary/z/zoning)