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French to English Wine / Oenology / Viticulture Translation Glossary

French term		English translation
souple à l’attaque		soft first impression
stabullation		(cold) stabilisation
Suit une bouche bien en chair, avec du corps, et des tanins fermes, un brin carrés...		Followed by wine that is corpulent and full-bodied on the palate, with firm, slightly bold tannins...
suivi amont		Thorough prior care
sur la réserve		holding something back; reticent	Carol Gullidge
Entered by: Carol Gullidge
sur latte		on a lath
sur le fruit		fruit-driven
surface de condensation		surface condenser
s\'exprimer dans un ensemble fin et velouté		revealing the wine\'s fine pedigree through its underlying velvety delicacy	Carol Gullidge
Entered by: Carol Gullidge
taille courte		close pruning	Gayle Wallimann
Entered by: Gayle Wallimann
taille en évantail		fan training
taille longue		long pruning
taille/tailler en coursons		Spur pruning
tailler moins ras		Pruning less hard	Moustafa Abouelkheir
Entered by: Moustafa Abouelkheir
tannins enveloppés		all-embracing/mouth-filling tannins	Barbara Carrara
Entered by: Barbara Carrara
tare de consommation		per standard measure
taux d’auto-approvisionnement		Self-sufficiency ratio
taux de destruction		sell-through rate / percentage
Technico-commerciale en Vins et Spiritueux		Wines and Spirits sale representative
terre		earthy
terres...plus fraîches (here)		cooler soils
terroir		terroir (in italics, +gloss on first appearance in a text)
terroir précoce		a terroir favouring early harvest
terroirs graveleux		various areas with gravelly soils
tierçon		tierçon	Yolanda Broad
Entered by: Yolanda Broad
titre alcoolimétrique potentiel		potential ABV
tout en bouche		mouth-filling	Mark Nathan
Entered by: Mark Nathan
tout en dentelles		lacy	Mark Nathan
Entered by: Mark Nathan
tout le capital qualitatif a été préservé		all of its inherent quality has been preserved intact	Carol Gullidge
Entered by: Carol Gullidge
trans-B-méthyl-y-octalactone		trans b-méthyl-g-octalactone	Yolanda Broad
Entered by: Yolanda Broad
travail en vert		canopy management	Carol Gullidge
Entered by: Carol Gullidge
Trois années "miraculées" à défaut d'être "miraculeuses"		Saved by September (3 years running/in a row)
un dispositif labellisé		officially approved route
un entrepôt de stockage marché		[errant term - not glossed]	Carol Gullidge
Entered by: Carol Gullidge
un joli nez		an attractive nose	Carol Gullidge
Entered by: Carol Gullidge
un pas quinconcé serré		tight staggered (5) pitch
une captive aux yeux noirs		a dark-eyed slave girl	Mark Nathan
Entered by: Mark Nathan
une chèvre		a crane, a tripod crane, lifting gear & tackle
Une famille: un savoir faire		One family: five generations of experience	Mark Nathan
Entered by: Mark Nathan
une grande concentration		highly concentrated

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