Quinta???

Conky · Post by **Conky** » 16:05 Mon 22 Oct 2007

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

Luc · Post by **Luc** » 16:14 Mon 22 Oct 2007

That is correct Alan , one never knows !!!

uncle tom · Post by **uncle tom** » 16:31 Mon 22 Oct 2007

..indeed..

.. if you use the Google language tools to translate 'Quinta' from Portuguese to English, the answer comes back as 'Thursday'

Tom

Luc · Post by **Luc** » 16:45 Mon 22 Oct 2007

In a t.v. series in the 70's , wasn't there a negro named Kunta Quinta .

Conky · Post by **Conky** » 17:15 Mon 22 Oct 2007

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.

Luc · Post by **Luc** » 17:20 Mon 22 Oct 2007

I'm going to bed !!

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 18:44 Mon 22 Oct 2007

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...

Conky · Post by **Conky** » 19:08 Mon 22 Oct 2007

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

Frederick Blais · Post by **Frederick Blais** » 19:22 Mon 22 Oct 2007

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.

Post by **DRT** » 08:44 Tue 23 Oct 2007

I think Qunita means "farm"

I'm not sure whether or not this is only on Thursdays

Conky · Post by **Conky** » 09:27 Tue 23 Oct 2007

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!!!

Conky · Post by **Conky** » 09:32 Tue 23 Oct 2007

quin·ta /Sp. ˈkintɑ; Port. ˈkĩtɑ, -tə/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[Sp. keen-tah; Port. keen-tah, -tuh] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
Ã¢€‟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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Luc · Post by **Luc** » 15:13 Tue 23 Oct 2007

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 )