Hi all,
For folks new to the board, I figured we could compile a list of common abbreviations and acronyms. I’ve been on the site and really into wine fairly recently, and have found myself confused by a lot of acronyms.
Berserkers/wino Specific Lingo:
ITB - In The Business
OWC - Original Wooden Case
LOS = Lotus of Siam
WTB/T/S - Want to Buy/Trade/Sell
PEPSI - unholy sugar juice.
TN - tasting note
TNR - Request for a tasting note
QPR - Quality to price ratio
WA - Wine Advocate
RP - Robert Parker
WS - Wine Spectator (World Series in The Asylum)
BH - Burghound (Meadows)
CC - Commerce Corner
IWC - International Wine Cellar (Tanzer)
FTLOP - For the Love of Port
CT - Cellartracker (Some random guy on the board)
SVD - Single Vineyard Designate
WTSO - Wine til Sold Out
VT = Vendange Tardive or “late harvest”
PSA - Public Service announcement
WOTN = Wine of the Night
WOTY = Wine of the Year
WOTF = Wine of the Flight
AFE - Anti Flavor Elite
SC - Screw Cap
Italian Wine
BdM - Brunello di Montalcino
B&B - Barolo and Barbaresco
PG - Pinot Gris/Pinot Grigio
California Wines:
SQN - Sine Qua Non Winery
TRB - Thomas Rivers Brown, CA winemaker
French Wines:
DP - Dom Perignon
CdM - Clos du Mesnil
SWC - Sir Winston Churchill
CRR - Collina Rionda Riserva
CdC - Comtes de Champagne
VV - Vieilles Vignes
DRC - Domaine Romanee Conti
CdlR - Clos de la Roche
BdB - Blanc de Blancs
BdN - Blanc de Noirs
NV - Non-vintage
MV - Multi-vintage
LT - La Tache
DRC - Domaine de la Romanée-Conti
GC - Gevrey-Chambertin (sometimes Grand Cru)
CM - Chambolle-Musigny (less often Chevalier-Montrachet)
MSD - Morey-St-Denis
BdM - Bonneau du Martray
RSV - Romanee St. Vivant
RB - Richebourg
CdT - Clos de Tart
CdL - Clos des Lambrays
CP - Cros Parantoux
Monty - Montrachet
Chevy - Chevalier
CC - Corton Charlemagne
VR - Vosne-Romanee
PM - Puligny-Montrachet
NSG - Nuits St George
SGN - Sélection de Grains Nobles (“selection of noble berries”, wines made from grapes affected by noble rot (Botrytis cinerea). Sweet dessert wines like Sauternes.)
CdP or C9dP - Châteauneuf-du-Pape
CdR - Côtes du Rhône
LMHB- La Mission Haut Brion
HB- Haut Brion
LLC - Leoville Las Cases
TVV - Tres Vieilles Vignes
CdG - Clos des Goisses
Moose - Musigny
German Wines:
GG - Grosses Gewächs
ZH - Zind-Humbrecht.
Kab - Kabinet
Spat - Spatlese
Aus - Auslese
GK - Gold Cap
GKA - Gold Cap Auslese
LGKA - Long Gold Cap Auslese
BA - Beerenauslese
TBA - Trockenbeerenauslese
Wine Descriptors/Chemistry:
RO - Reverse Osmosis
RS - Residual Sugar
VA - Volatile Acidity.
Premox - Premature oxidation
DNPIM - Do not put in mouth
Brett - Brettanomyces
Internet Lingo:
OP - Original post
NSFW - DO NOT CLICK IN THE WORKPLACE IF YOU VALUE YOUR JOB (Not safe for work)
PSA- Public service announcement
FTW/L - For the win/loss
FWIW - For what it’s worth
IMHO - In my humble/honest opinion
TIA - Thanks in advance
OTOH - On the other hand
YMMV - Your mileage may vary
OMG - Oh my gosh
WTF - What the (insert f-word of choice)
TMI - Too Much Information
EFA - Edited For Accuracy
<3 - Heart/Love
I’ll check back here every once in a while, and update the first post to reflect the compiled list. Everything can go here, I’d think, from wine makers’ scientific abbreviations, to retailers’ terminology, to tasting note shorthand.