Vermentino

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Well-known along the Italian Riviera, where it is the source of dry, floral whiteThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Verduzzo (ver-DOOTS-o)

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More accurately verduzzo Friulano, is grown in northeastern Italy, primarilyThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Verdello (ver-DEL-o)

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One of the minor blending grapes in the Italian wine Orvieto. Despite its virtuallyThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Verdelho (ver-DEL-you)

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The most planted white on the Portuguese island of Madeira where the grapeThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Verdejo (ver-DAY-ho)

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Grown in (and probably native to) the north-central Spanish provinceThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Vaccarèse (vack-are-EZ)

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One of the common if minor red grapes in France’s southernThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

Valdiguié (VAL-dih-gay)

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Southwestern French variety now virtually extinct there but growingThe following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

The name “Burgundy” comes from: The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in.

A. The medieval French word for a small village, similar to the Old English “burg” 

B. A nomadic German tribe which once settled in the area

C. The Latin word Burgarius which was the name for a Roman province that once extended over most of central France

D. The name for early French rural governing bodies which were made up of noble councilmen who were known as Burrs