Cantina
Cellars or winery
Cantine Sociale
Cooperative wine producer or wine cellar
Caraffa di Decantazione
Decanter
Carato
Small barrel, usually a 225 liter barrique
Casa vinicola
Merchant bottling purchased wine
Cascina
Farmhouse or wine estate
Castello
Castle
Chiaretto
Deep rosé
Chiuso
Closed, a wine that hides its character
Classico
The historical center of a DOC or DOCG wine area
Complesso
Complex, a wine that combines many aromas or tastes
Coltivatore
Cultivator
Consorzio
Producers trade association
Corpo
Body
Cotto
Cooked, a defect usually happens because the grapes have had too much sun
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