WINE VOCABULARY, STEP BY STEP - 17

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My impression is that a lot of wine critics sound like a doctor. Using wine terms if everybody knows them. To understand this better, I will take you, in the coming time, step by step through those words in a normal way.

By AD Wines, Dannis Apeldoorn

From A to Z —> H & I

Hybrids

For grape growers, a hybrid is a vine whose parents come from two different vine species. Typically hybrids will have at least one American vine as parent. As mentioned in one of the earlier blogs, the grapes from American vines are rarely used in winemaking. This is true of their hybrids too, although there are of course some exceptions, such as Vidal which is grown in Canada. 

IGP 77 & IGT 120

IGP

PGI - IGP (in French) - VdP

Protégée Géographique Indication - Indication Géographique Protégée - Vin de Pays is the same. So when you see one of those names on a wine label it means the same. Is an indication of region for example Côtes de Gascogne or Pays d’Oc IGP.

IGT

Indicazione Geografica Protetta short IGT is used in Italy. It means the same as the French IGP - PGI and or VdP.

So for all mentioned above counts the same. As its name suggests, refers to the characteristics of a wine that are directly linked to the geographical area of its production and processing.

The following week we continue with the letter - I.

Next week, same day, Saturday, and same time, 9:30 am CET, the next two words.