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- Ice Wine
- A dessert wine that is made from frozen, overripe grapes.
- Indicazione Geografica Tipica
- IGT. The lowest-ranking category of the Italian regulation system for wines.
- Inert Gases
- In winemaking, they are used to protect wine from contact with air, therefore, avoiding oxidation and/or spoilage. The most common gases used are carbon dioxide, argon and nitrogen.
- Inky
- A visual descriptor of a wine that has an opaque purple hue.
- Innesto
- Italian word for graft. A technique in which the bud-producing part of a grapevine is attached to an existing root.
- Intensity
- A wine that has intense flavors cannot be described “per se” as a high quality wine; however, dilute flavors can indicate just the opposite.
- Invaiatura
- Italian term that defines the period of development of the grapes when they change color. “Veraison” in French.
- Invecchiato
- Italian word for aged.
- IPM (Integrated Pest Management)
- The use of both organic and/or limited chemical means to control pests in the vineyard.
- Isinglass
- A protein extract made from the swim bladder of the sturgeon. It is used in white wine clarification at very low concentrations (10-50mg/L) with excellent results. There is no need for tannin or silica-sol addition in combination with isinglass.
