Wine Vocabulary
What is the Vin Santo’s ‘Madre’?
The ‘Madre’ (“Mother” in Italian) is a thick deposit of wine-soaked lees and yeast cells left at the bottom of the Caratello (ancient barrels used to make Vin Santo in Tuscany) when racked…
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Vin Santo vs. Vino Santo, what is the difference?
It should be emphasized that Tuscany’s Vin Santo and Trentino’s Vino Santo are two distinct wines.
Aside from being produced in two different Italian wine areas…
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What is a Vin Santo?
“Vin Santo” is an Italian term that can be literally translated as “Holy Wine”. It is an Amber-Colored sweet wine (dessert wine) mainly produced in Tuscany (Italy), other central Italian regions, and sometimes in the Trentino region (Italy). It is often produced with Trebbiano and Malvasia local white grapes that Read more…