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Cellar: A team in last place. Also ‘basement.’

Terrano (Noir): Variety found in the Carso DOC region, Fruili, Italy. Has several synonym names including Refosco d'Istria and Teran. Is thought to be a mutant clone of Refosco. Used to make a flavorsome, d . . . View Full Definition

Globe: One of the theatres in London where Shakespeare performed. Shakespeare's acting company built it on the Bankside south of the Thames--an area often called 'Southwerke'--which was notorious f . . . View Full Definition

Ramisco: Unique to Portugal, this blue-skinned berry producing variety is grown in the Colares region on the Atlantic coast not far from Lisbon. Used to make an intense, tannic red wine with prominen . . . View Full Definition

Furmint: Widely grown grape in Hungary and eastern Europe. Recent DNA analysis (2002) suggests the variety resulted from a Heunisch Weiss/Gouais Blanc cépage cross with an unknown hungarian variety. . . . View Full Definition

Cserszegi Fuszeres: Hungarian cross derived from Irsai Olivér and Piros Tramini 1960 varieties (the latter variety appears to be a specific Traminer Rot clone according to the Geilweilerhof database above). Flo . . . View Full Definition

Drupeggio: Variety grown in the Orvieta DOC, Umbria, Italy. Has synonym names Drupeccio and Lupeccio. Usually the wine from this grape is blended with several others, eg. Verdello and Greco Bianco, to . . . View Full Definition

Charbono: Is a californian alias name for the french Douce Noire variety. Many other synonym names (noted in the Geilweilerhof database above) include Corbeau Noire. The subject name is of the red-win . . . View Full Definition