Glera

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Glera.

Proper noun

Glera

  1. (viticulture) Synonym of Prosecco (grape variety)
    • 2014, Diego Tomasi, Federica Gaiotti, Gregory V. Jones, The Power of the Terroir: the Case Study of Prosecco Wine, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 13:
      The morphologic and pedoclimatic features of the DOCG Prosecco area, combined with the genetic characteristics of the Glera variety and desired crop yield of 14–15 t/ha, mean that the choice of a training system is reduced to just a few possibilities: []