Mark Lipton > wrote:

> Of course, Jim. To a speaker of German, "gewürz" (umlaut
> included) means "spice" and is used as a modifier to the grape
> name "traminer" (which in turn refers to its place of origin,
> Termeno in Alto Aldige aka the Südtirol).

The name refers to the German name of the village, Tramin. Italian
names of these places only date from post 1919/20.

M.