Initial draft of a section on Abbreviations for FAQ

DaleW · 2006-10-19T16:50:41+00:00

Here's a start, off the top of my head and obviously not even halfcomplete. Throw them out for inclusion. If someone wanted to do a listof common usenet acronyms (IMHO, YMMV, etc) have at it!What do those abbreviations mean?Commonly used wine term abbreviations:AP Number. Amtliche Prufungs, official number given each quality winein GermanyBA: Beerenauslese (next to highest level of Pradikat, always botrytisaffected)GKA/LGKA. Gold Kapsel Auslese and Long gold Kapsel (unregulated waysfor producers to distinguish bottlings they think better, kind of"reserve" for GermanyQbA : Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete (quality wine, level belowQmP)QmP : Qualitätswein mit Prädikat (Pradikat levels are Kabinett,Spätlese, Auslese, Beerenauslese, Eiswein or Trockenbeerenauslese)SGN: Sélection de Grains Nobles (similar to TBA, used in Alsace andthe Loire)TBA: Trockenbeerenauslese (highest degree of ripeness in Qmpclassification)VT :Vendange Tardive (late harvest)The next group is types of wine/regions, a bit less standardized. I'dsuggest writing out the entire word the first time, and then usingabbreviation for brevity ("I like Cotes du Rhone wines. My favorite CdRis....")BdM Brunello di MontalcinoCalCab California CabernetCCR Chianti Classico RiservaCdB Côte de BeauneCdL Coteaux du LayonCdN Côte de NuitsCdP Châteauneuf du PapeCdR Côtes du RhôneNSG Nuits St. GeorgesQdC Quarts du ChaumeRSV Romanee St VivantVP Vintage PortSame goes for grapes:CF Cabernet FrancChard- ChardonnayCS Cabernet SauvignonGV Grüner VeltlinerPB Pinot BlancPN Pinot NoirSB Sauvignon BlancZin ZinfandelThere are many producers or individual wines that are well-known enoughthat many winelovers often use abbreviations (LLC is Leoville lasCases, VCC is Vieux Chateau Certan, ZH Zind-Humbrecht, CFE CuveeFrederic Emile, many others) ,but in the interest of clarity again inthose cases it's much better to write out first time. Exceptions wouldbe the very few which are so well-known and so commonly...

Oct 19, 2006 23 Replies

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Michael Pronay 19 years ago

Not quite. It's "Qualitätswein eines bestimmten Anbaugebiets", literally "quality wine of a determined/delimitated wine growing region" (singular, not plural).

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Nils Gustaf Lindgren 19 years ago

Mark, I realised the error of my ways and tried to introduce the abbreviations APro, BPro, and CPro, for the apellations Aix en Provence, Baux de Provence, and Cote de Provence. However, if so asked, I will gladly continue to introduce ambiguity ... ;)

Cheers

Nils Gustaf

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Anders TÃ¸rneskog 19 years ago

"DaleW" skrev i melding news: snipped-for-privacy@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com... Revision 1.1

What do those abbreviations mean?

GKA/LGKA. Gold Kapsel Auslese and Long gold Kapsel (unregulated ways for producers to distinguish bottlings they think better, kind of "reserve" for Germany

I'd say GK and LGK - you could have a QbA with these capsules!

Another abbreviation would be GG - 'Grosses Gewächs' - i.e. Grand Cru in German :-) - which is a designation given to the best vineyards, like Brauneberger Juffer(-Sonnenuhr).

And, by the way, sorry Michael! QbA is "Abkürzung für die in Deutschland und Südtirol verwendete Bezeichnung "Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete". "!

:-) Anders

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Michael Pronay 19 years ago

OK Anders, sorry. This might be the official wording, although it's lot logic, of course, since the plural instead of the singular makes no sense at all. You can only call the wine from one Anbaugebiet QbA. A blend from Rheingau and Pfalz labelled "QbA Rheingau & Pfalz" would be illegal.

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