Italian Vocabulary for Your First “Vendemmia” and Beyond

Visitors to Italy are often won over by leisurely trattoria lunches, dinners a casa (at home) with new friends, or long and winding conversations that continue well after the ristorante kitchen closes. Il vino (wine) is a huge part of what makes these late-night conversations by candlelight or noisy lunches with friends so memorable (or, well, memorable when that same vino doesn’t fog things up!).  

Italy is one of the world’s best-known produttori di vino (wine producers