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Terrantez

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Terrantez (also known as CascalVitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC) Accessed: August 16th, 2012) is a white Portuguese wine grape variety that was once widely used on the island of Madeira to make the sweet fortified wine for which the island is known. [1]

33 relations: Aging of wine, Albariño, Alicante Bouschet, Ampelography, Argentine wine, Aroma of wine, Atlantic Ocean, Azores, Biscoitos IPR, Denominação de Origem Controlada, Donzelinho branco, Extinction, Fortified wine, French wine, Graciosa, Graciosa IPR, List of grape varieties, List of Portuguese grape varieties, Madeira, Madeira wine, Malbec, Minho Province, Oz Clarke, Pico IPR, Pico Island, Portuguese wine, Sweetness of wine, Synonym, Terceira Island, Vinho Verde, Vitis International Variety Catalogue, Wine tasting descriptors, Yield (wine).

Aging of wine

The aging of wine (American spelling) or ageing of wine (British spelling) is potentially able to improve the quality of wine.

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Albariño

Albariño or Alvarinho is a variety of white wine grape grown in Galicia (northwest Spain), Monção and Melgaço (northwest Portugal), where it is used to make varietal white wines.

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Alicante Bouschet

Alicante Bouschet or Alicante Henri Bouschet is a wine grape variety that has been widely cultivated since 1866.

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Ampelography

Ampelography (ἄμπελος, "vine" + γράφος, "writing") is the field of botany concerned with the identification and classification of grapevines, ''Vitis'' spp. Traditionally this has been done by comparing the shape and colour of the vine leaves and grape berries; more recently the study of vines has been revolutionised by DNA fingerprinting.

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Argentine wine

Argentina is the fifth largest producer of wine in the world.

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Aroma of wine

The aromas of wine are more diverse than its flavors.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.

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Azores

The Azores (or; Açores), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (Região Autónoma dos Açores), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal.

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Biscoitos IPR

Biscoitos is a Portuguese wine region located on the Terceira island of the Azores.

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Denominação de Origem Controlada

The denominação de origem controlada (or DOC) is the system of protected designation of origin for wines, cheeses, butters, and other agricultural products from Portugal.

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Donzelinho branco

Donzelinho branco is a white Portuguese wine grape variety that is classified as one of the "Very Good" varieties authorized to be used in Port wine production.

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Extinction

In biology, extinction is the termination of an organism or of a group of organisms (taxon), normally a species.

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Fortified wine

Fortified wine is a wine to which a distilled spirit, usually brandy, is added.

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French wine

French wine is produced all throughout France, in quantities between 50 and 60 million hectolitres per year, or 7–8 billion bottles.

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Graciosa

Graciosa Island (literally "graceful" or "enchanting" in Portuguese) is referred to as the White Island, the northernmost of the Central Group of islands in the Azores.

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Graciosa IPR

Graciosa is a Portuguese wine region centered on the island of Graciosa in the Azores.

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List of grape varieties

This list of grape varieties includes cultivated grapes, whether used for wine, or eating as a table grape, fresh or dried (raisin, currant, sultana).

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List of Portuguese grape varieties

Portugal possesses a large array of native grape varieties, producing a wide array of different Portuguese wines.

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Madeira

Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago situated in the north Atlantic Ocean, southwest of Portugal.

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Madeira wine

Madeira is a fortified wine made in the Portuguese Madeira Islands, off the coast of Africa.

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Malbec

Malbec is a purple grape variety used in making red wine.

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Minho Province

Minho was a former province of Portugal, established in 1936 and dissolved in 1976.

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Oz Clarke

Robert Owen "Oz" Clarke is a British wine writer, television presenter and broadcaster.

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Pico IPR

The Pico IPR is a Portuguese wine region located on the island of Pico in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores.

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Pico Island

Pico Island (Ilha do Pico), is an island in the Central Group of the Portuguese Azores.

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Portuguese wine

Portuguese wine is the result of traditions introduced to the region by ancient civilizations, such as the Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Greeks, and mostly the Romans.

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Sweetness of wine

The subjective sweetness of a wine is determined by the interaction of several factors, including the amount of sugar in the wine, but also the relative levels of alcohol, acids, and tannins.

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Synonym

A synonym is a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language.

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Terceira Island

Terceira is an island in the Azores archipelago, in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean.

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Vinho Verde

Vinho Verde (literally 'green wine') is a Portuguese wine that originated in the historic Minho province in the far north of the country.

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Vitis International Variety Catalogue

The Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC) is a database of various species and varieties/cultivars of grapevine, the genus Vitis.

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Wine tasting descriptors

The use of wine tasting descriptors allows the taster to qualitatively relate the aromas and flavors that the taster experiences and can be used in assessing the overall quality of wine.

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Yield (wine)

In viticulture, the yield is a measure of the amount of grapes or wine that is produced per unit surface of vineyard, and is therefore a type of crop yield.

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Cascal, Cascal (grape), Morrao, Murrao, Pe de Perdiz, Pe de Perdrix, Terrantes.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrantez

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