Common Abbreviations on the Board.

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Finally back from a hiatus, and all’s updated and well.

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POTY = Post of the Year
BM = Batard Montrachet
BBM = Bienvenue Batard Montrachet

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It took me a moment to figure this out when I first saw it:

AFAIK

(As Far As I Know)

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Missing-some pretty basic

General wine abbreviations

ABV Alcohol by Volume
AOC Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée
DOC Denominazione di Origine Controllata
DOCG Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita
IGT Indicazione Geografica Tipica
TTB Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau


German wine
A.P. Number Amtliche Prüfungsnummer
QbA Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete.
QmP Qualitätswein mit Prädikat

Wine growing areas- This could be expanded greatly

SCM Santa Cruz Mountains
SLH Santa Lucia Highlands
WV Willamette Valley
WA Washington

P Hickner

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TL; DR

too long; didn’t read

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Note that on a European level:

  • AOC/DOC/DOCG is now replaced by AOP (Appellation d’Origine Protégée)
  • IGT or VDP (Vin de Pays) is now replaced by IGP (Indication Géographique Protégée)
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Cheese n Rice!
Almost forgot an important one:

AFWE ~ Anti-Flavor-Wine-Elite

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BTW, I love this thread.

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Mark, see posts 67 & 68 re AFWE

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STFU= Shut the F Up

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NRQ: No Redeemable Qualities

Thanks to ScottW…

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No Redeeming Qualities? (or are we talking NDNR bottles?)

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I am so glad this thread exists. I kept seeing that acronym crop up in Wine Talk threads, but couldn’t find an explanation until now. Thanks!

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WYSIWYG = what you see is what you get

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smh - shaking my head

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FIFY is commonly used and should be up there.
= Fixed it for you

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WTF - Wine Tastes Funny / Foul

JS - Suckling, working on a more ‘explanatory’ interpretation

and on a serious note
JR - Jancis Robinson

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I know that’s the common usage but I see it here when that meaning doesn’t seem to fit. Google gives other meanings that don’t seem to fit either.

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AG - Antonio Galloni
TFL - The French Laundry
CDP - Chateauneuf du Pape
PS - Petite Syrah

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LBT Lady Bug Taint
MALB Multicoloured asian labybeetle
TCA 2,4,6-Trichloroanisole cork taint
BRETT Brettanomyces/Dekkera off flavours
VA Volatile acidity