We own two very cute Siamese cats. Oddly enough (and this was not planned) they came from a breeder whose cattery is called Evinea Cattery. For each litter, each kitten is given a wine name based off of a letter in the alphabet going in order. She is now on the letter F. I usually try to send her name ideas.

Here are the upcoming “F” litter suggestions that are due in a week or two.

• France is very obvious, maybe too obvious
• Fermentation would be fun, especially for a boy
• Fara is a small wine DOC from the Piedmont region of Italy, where wines are made from Nebbiolo (similar to Barolo and Barberesco)
• Fattoria is Italian for farm (if you have a heavier kitten)
• Favorita is a white grape from Piedmont, Italy, becoming very rare
• Feinherb is German for off-dry, rare on labels now days
• Feteasca, Fetiaska or Feteaska is a white grape from eastern Europe, mainly Romania
• Fixin is an appellation in the Cote d’Or in Burgundy, there are 5 premier crus here
• Fizzy, in reference to bubbles in wine or if you want to be Italian Frizzante is semi-sparkling in Italian
• Fino is a type of Sherry, dry and light, the palest.
• Fleurie is one of the 10 crus in Beaujolais
• Flurbereinigung is the German restructing of vineyards
• Fröhlich is half of the name of one of the major rising stars in German wine
• Fonseca is the name for a major Port producer
• Franciacorta is a very high end sparkling wine region in Lombardy, Italy, revivals Champagne
• Franken is a wine region in Germany
• Freixenet is the largest exporter of Cava (Spanish sparkling wine)
• Fresno is a city in California with a major wine school
• Friuli is a northern wine region in Italy
• Fronsac is a region on the right back of Bordeaux (Merlot based wine)
• Fume Blanc the Mondavi marketing name for Sauvignon Blanc
• Fuder is a larger German barrel
• Furmint is the main grape used to make Tokay