Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

uva de mesa

English translation:

table grape

Added to glossary by patinba
Sep 26, 2011 14:06
13 yrs ago
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Spanish term

Mesa

Spanish to English Other Wine / Oenology / Viticulture
Do they mean "Table Wine"? and if so does it make sense to have "Wine" and "Table Wine" in the same list or would it be better for "Wine" to have a distinguishing adjective such as "Fine"?

El CMV, 63 años después, agrupa a los productores de las diferentes vocaciones de la uva:
Vino, Brandy, Mesa, Pasa y Jugo y a las empresas que se dedican a la obtención de sus derivados.
Change log

Oct 4, 2011 23:26: patinba Created KOG entry

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Table grape

Precisely the type of grape that is NOT used to make wine.

Uva de mesa es aquella variedad de uva que se consume mientras está fresca, en oposición a las uvas que se cultivan para hacer vino, mosto o para secarlas y hacer con ellas uvas pasas. (Wikipedia)

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You have a list of all the possible uses of grapes, and therefore not two types of wine.
Peer comment(s):

agree Jaime Hyland : this sounds more likely
57 mins
Thanks, Jaime!
agree Carol Gullidge : or "dessert grape". This looks as though it's about grapes and not specifically wine
1 hr
Yes, it seems obvious from the context. Thanks, Carol.
agree Ion Zubizarreta : Yes, this is the kind of grape you will find in the greengrocer's. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_grape
4 hrs
Thank-you, Ion!
agree K Donnelly
5 hrs
Thank-you K.!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Patinba, I asked the client and "table grape" it was"
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Table wine

Maybe for 'vino' you could use 'denomination of origin wines'

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Typical Geographic Indication. This is a geographical indication shown on the label reserved to wines meeting the requirements established by the associated production rules. For the community legislations, however, it refers to **"table wine" and thus a lower class than the Denomination of Origin wines.***

http://www.portlandwines.com/Glossary.html

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Or abbrevaite to "DO wines / D.O. wines"

Decanter Wines - Spanish Wine Glossary
www.decanterwines.co.uk/page/spanishWineGlossary/Cached - Similar
All**DO wines*** carry a contraetiqueta (official black label) on the back of the bottle. ..... Under EU law, **table wines** may not carry a vintage date or geographical ...

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"Vino de mesa" is what a lot of Spaniards tend to add coke or 'gaseosa' to because it's generally pretty bad. Why bother? Just have a Coke!
Note from asker:
Thanks for that Lisa, I wasn't aware of that official distinction
Peer comment(s):

agree Jenni Lukac (X)
5 mins
Thanks, Jenni :)
agree ClaraVal : And I agree about the Coke!
1 hr
agree James A. Walsh
1 hr
agree Marina56 : ok
2 hrs
agree nokostya
3 hrs
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1 day 6 hrs

Dessert

The author isn't referring to table wine, rather to grapes for eating, or for the table as in

63 years later the CMV groups producers according to the different derivatives of grapes: Wine, Brandy, Dessert, Raisins and juice...
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