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Quinta???
Posted: 15:05 Mon 22 Oct 2007
by Conky
I would think this would be a simple question, but on our site, you never know.
Quinta, like Chateau means Country House. (Hope I've got that right, for starters!
). Now when a great wine, like Petrus, doesn't actually have a Chateau on the Vinyard, it just goes by its name. So it's not
Chateau Petrus, like most of its rivals. Does this phenomenon ever work in Port? That its not called Quinta, even though in all other aspects it may be, but it hasn't got the Country House in situ?
Alan
Posted: 15:14 Mon 22 Oct 2007
by Luc
That is correct Alan , one never knows !!!
Posted: 15:31 Mon 22 Oct 2007
by uncle tom
..indeed..
.. if you use the Google language tools to translate 'Quinta' from Portuguese to English, the answer comes back as 'Thursday'
Tom
Posted: 15:45 Mon 22 Oct 2007
by Luc
In a t.v. series in the 70's , wasn't there a negro named Kunta Quinta .
Posted: 16:15 Mon 22 Oct 2007
by Conky
This question is not going to get off the ground, is it!
Toms exploring Thursdays, and Luc is thinking of Kunta Kinte out of Roots...
I think I need a stiff drink.
Posted: 16:20 Mon 22 Oct 2007
by Luc
I'm going to bed !!
Posted: 17:44 Mon 22 Oct 2007
by RonnieRoots
Well, I've been to vineyards in the Douro where there isn't an actual building on the property, but that was still called quinta this or that by the winemaker. I think it may also have something to do with the history of certain vineyards. If one day, there had been a quinta on the property, it is still known by that name nowadays...
Posted: 18:08 Mon 22 Oct 2007
by Conky
Thanks Ronnie,
Thats the convential wisdom I was expecting. Just see if anyone has an unusual insight that may change those thoughts, Would seem that the Petrus way is the more honest, but it's not really important.
Alan
Posted: 18:22 Mon 22 Oct 2007
by Frederick Blais
There is also some vineyards that are producing wines and do not give the name of Quinta to their wines even though there is a small house on the land.
I think Quinta can also be viewed as the equivalence of "Domaine" in France.
Posted: 07:44 Tue 23 Oct 2007
by DRT
I think Qunita means "farm"
I'm not sure whether or not this is only on Thursdays
Posted: 08:27 Tue 23 Oct 2007
by Conky
Derek T. wrote:I think
Qunita means "farm"
I'm not sure whether or not this is only on Thursdays
We're off again! Now Derek is introducing his own words!!!
Posted: 08:32 Tue 23 Oct 2007
by Conky
quin·ta /Sp. ˈkintɑ; Port. ˈkĩtɑ, -tə/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[Sp. keen-tah; Port. keen-tah, -tuh] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
â€‟noun, plural -tas /Sp. -tɑs; Port. -tɑs, -təʃ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[Sp. -tahs; Port. -tahs, -tuhsh] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation. Spanish, Portuguese. an inn, esp. one in the countryside.
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Posted: 14:13 Tue 23 Oct 2007
by Luc
If you go by the Merriam Webster dic .
- A farm rented at one fifth of Its income . Or
- A country villa or estate .
From the latin Quintus ( fifth )