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Apr 12, 2012 05:54
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Italian term
beva
Italian to English
Other
Wine / Oenology / Viticulture
vines and wine
beva: termine che di solito si utilizza per vini non particolarmente strutturati e non destinati a un grande invecchiamento, e che si accompagna a un aggettivo (pronta, facile)
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Barbara Carrara
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Isabelle Johnson
Italy
Italy
Native in English
Specializes in field
Italy
CIOL-certified, humanities, tourism
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Italian to English
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48
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drink
as in easy to drink, ready to drink. For easy to drink:
Easy Drinking Wine | 'Easy to drink' isn't an insult when it comes to ...
articles.latimes.com/2009/aug/05/food/fo-easydrink5
5 Aug 2009 – "Easy to drink" used to be praise for wine. Now it's an insult.Many retailers won't write "easy to drink" on sales materials, and sommeliers won't .
Easy Drinking Wine | 'Easy to drink' isn't an insult when it comes to ...
articles.latimes.com/2009/aug/05/food/fo-easydrink5
5 Aug 2009 – "Easy to drink" used to be praise for wine. Now it's an insult.Many retailers won't write "easy to drink" on sales materials, and sommeliers won't .
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David Hollywood
Native in English
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
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Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
drinkable/easy on the palate
couple of ideas
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although "drinkable" is pretty negative
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maybe "palatable"
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although "drinkable" is pretty negative
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maybe "palatable"
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Rachel Fell
: drinkable - not necessarily negative, e.g. readily/very drinkable - http://www.mountviewwines.com.au/our_red_wines.php - "drinkability" if it has to be a noun/definition
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thanks Rachel :)
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Michael Korovkin
Italy
Italy
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Italy
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, Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Italian to Russian, and 2 more.
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4
"utility wine" / "little" wine / plonk /
I love "utility wine"! I started congratulaing myself for having invented a nice neologism... but the googled it only to discove that it's already there in force! Have a look!
A "drink-easy" ... reminds me of Truman Capote's definition of Kurt Vonnegut as "the most easily understood sophisticated American writer".
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then
A "drink-easy" ... reminds me of Truman Capote's definition of Kurt Vonnegut as "the most easily understood sophisticated American writer".
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Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Germany
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Germany
45 years experience
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32
ready for drinking
http://www.nj.com/homegarden/entertaining/index.ssf/2012/02/...
A spicy Spanish red ready for drinking
A spicy Spanish red ready for drinking
6 hrs
Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Ireland
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Works in field
Ireland
right word, right place. everytime
Native in: English (Variants: US, Canadian, Irish, UK)
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
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8
table wine (drink)
I think this is the most common way of describing ordinary day to day wine. "Drink" covers all sorts of drinks, not just wines
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_wine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_wine
Reference comments
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Barbara Carrara
Italy
Italy
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Italy
www.theitalianwordshop.com
Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian, French to Italian, Italian
Related KudoZ points
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28
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Michael Korovkin
: Nah! (hi Babs!) Here the context is different. In your ref.,it was positive; here, it's condescending. Evidently, there are bevas and bevas!:)Early drinking:start early and you'll be free for the rest of the day!I know,I know:u mean vino appena fermo
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Hey! How ya doin'? Mine was just a tip for the asker, who may get some more inspiration from this past KudoZ. BTW, beva always refers to... drinking, and here to an easy-drinking or early-drinking wine. Salute!
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