{"id":17812,"date":"2025-09-09T10:10:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T10:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cantinepovero.com\/vino-rosso-o-nero-qual-e-il-modo-corretto-di-chiamarlo\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T10:21:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T10:21:53","slug":"red-or-black-wine-whats-the-right-way-to-call-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cantinepovero.com\/en\/red-or-black-wine-whats-the-right-way-to-call-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Red or Black Wine \u2013 What\u2019s the Right Way to Call It?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Red or Black Wine \u2013 What\u2019s the Right Way to Call It?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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When it comes to talking about wine, words matter just as much as aromas and flavours. In italy, many people still say vino nero<\/i> (“black wine”) when referring to a deeply coloured red wine – a habit inherited from older generations and certain regional dialects.\u00a0<\/p>

But is black wine<\/i> really the correct term? Let’s uncorck the truth.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Why Italians sometimes say \u201cvino nero\u201d\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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In standard Italian, vino rosso means \u201cred wine\u201d. However, in some regions of southern Italy \u2014 particularly Puglia, Campania, Calabria and Sicily \u2014 it is common to hear vino nero. The expression reflects a local way of describing wines with an exceptionally dark colour and strong personality, almost \u201cblack\u201d in the glass.<\/p>

Historically, these wines were made from native grape varieties rich in colour and tannins, such as Aglianico, Nero d\u2019Avola, Negroamaro, Primitivo and Uva di Troia.<\/b> Their deep ruby-purple hue naturally inspired people to call them black wines.<\/p>

It was never a technical definition, but rather a poetic expression – the language of the vineyard, not of the laboratory.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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What we call it in English (and in the world)\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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If we look beyond Italy, the official and universal term is red wine.<\/b><\/p>

Every major language follows the same pattern:<\/p>