TERRAVINI Nice

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Glossary

1

Degustation glass (verre de degustation)

The tasting glass handed over with admission at this Nice salon and used for the walk-around tastings; standard entry at the door includes one, and the glass is normally returned or kept per organiser rules.

2

Millesime (vintage)

The harvest year printed on the label. At a two-day autumn salon, producers usually pour the freshest millesime alongside one or two older references so visitors can compare the same estate across years.

3

Cuvee

A specific blend or single-batch wine released under its own name by a domaine or negociant. Stands typically show several cuvees from the same estate at different price points.

4

Domaine

A wine estate that grows its own grapes and vinifies on site, as opposed to a merchant house that buys fruit or finished wine. Most independent exhibitors at a Provencal wine salon are domaines.

5

Negociant

A wine merchant that buys grapes, must or finished wine and blends, bottles and markets it under its own label. Negociants sit alongside estate producers on the exhibitor floor.

6

Cepage (grape variety)

The grape or grapes in a wine, such as Grenache, Cinsault, Syrah, Rolle (Vermentino) or Mourvedre. Tasting notes at the salon usually name the cepage before describing style.

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AOP / Appellation d'Origine Protegee

The French protected-origin label that fixes the permitted area, grape varieties and production rules for a wine. Cotes de Provence, Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence and Bellet are the AOPs most relevant to a Nice audience.

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IGP (Indication Geographique Protegee)

A wider geographical indication below AOP in strictness, common for Mediterranean varietal wines sold at accessible prices. IGP rows on a stand usually indicate the value tier of the range.

9

Bellet

Nice's own hillside appellation, planted on terraces above the city and producing small volumes of white, rose and red. Local Bellet domaines are the closest producers to the Palais Nikaia venue.

10

Vin de Provence rose

The pale, dry rose style associated with Provence, usually built on Grenache and Cinsault with a short skin contact. It dominates Provencal stands and is the category most visiting buyers come to taste.

11

Agriculture biologique / Demeter

French organic certification (AB, often paired with the EU leaf) and the stricter biodynamic Demeter mark. Exhibitors farming this way normally display the logo beside the cuvee name.

12

Chai and cave

The chai is the working cellar where wine is fermented and matured; the cave is the storage or retail cellar. Producers use both terms when explaining ageing and bottle-conditioning on the stand.

13

Vendanges

The grape harvest, normally late August to early October around Nice. A late-October salon falls just after vendanges, so producers can pour the new vintage and discuss the year's conditions.

14

Primeur / vin nouveau

A wine released within weeks of the harvest rather than aged. It is a small but recurring feature of autumn tastings in France and a useful marker of how fresh the newest millesime is.

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Spiritueux and artisanal food stalls

Beyond wine, this type of salon mixes distilleries, breweries and food artisans. Standard food-safety rules apply to tastings of cheese, charcuterie, olive oil and chocolate alongside the wine stands.

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Catalogue and exhibitor list

The organiser's pre-show listing of stands, regions and product families. Checking it before arriving lets trade visitors route the AOP producers and distributors they need in a two-day floor plan.