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solo de calhau rolado

English translation: pebbly soil

14:50 Feb 16, 2011
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Wine / Oenology / Viticulture / Wine description and history
Portuguese term or phrase: solo de calhau rolado
A wine that comes from a soil of this type.
Paula Ribeiro
Local time: 07:53
English translation:pebbly soil
Explanation:
a small rounded piece of stone is a pebble. 5k + Google hits
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Mark Robertson
Local time: 07:53
Grading comment
Thank you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2gravelly soil
Nick Taylor
5wine from gravelly soil
Christopher & Rozilene Frye
4 +1pebbly soil
Mark Robertson
5rounded rock fragment soil
Marlene Curtis
4rounded rock soil
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
4shingle soil
Leonor Machado


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
gravelly soil


Explanation:
gravelly soil

Nick Taylor
Local time: 07:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rir: melhor ainda round gravel http://www.the3dstudio.com/product_details.aspx?id_product=3...
7 mins
agree  Coqueiro
8 mins
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
rounded rock soil


Explanation:
Dic. termos téc.

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 08:53
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
wine from gravelly soil


Explanation:
I agree with Nick's translation of "gravelly soil", but the problem is that Paula is looking for a type of wine that comes from this type of soil, and, from what I can see googling, there are many kinds of wine that can come from gravelly soil.

Christopher & Rozilene Frye
Brazil
Local time: 03:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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57 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
pebbly soil


Explanation:
a small rounded piece of stone is a pebble. 5k + Google hits

Mark Robertson
Local time: 07:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  kashew
1 hr
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
rounded rock fragment soil


Explanation:
rounded rock fragment soil


Explanation:
rounded rock fragment

http://books.google.com/books?id=07AIPS-8bMIC&pg=PA55&lpg=PA...

http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&q=rounded rock frag...


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Note added at 29 mins (2011-02-16 15:19:08 GMT)
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CORRECT LINK

http://books.google.com/books?id=07AIPS-8bMIC&pg=PA55&lpg=PA...

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Note added at 58 mins (2011-02-16 15:48:04 GMT)
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Importance of soil texture to vineyard management | Practical ...
If rock fragments are significant in soil vineyard management, they are the basis for designing and describing new soil map units which are identified on ...
http://www.practicalwinery.com/marapr02p22.htm



No caso do Alvarinho, foi escolhida a sub-região de Monção, recomendada, e a sub-região de
Lima, autorizada (Decreto-Lei nº. 10/92, de 3 de Fevereiro). Foi ainda tido em conta um terceiro local de amostragem, dentro da sub-região de Monção, mas com características de solo diferentes,com calhau rolado a cobrir a superfície. Na Tabela 5.2 encontra-se referida a nomenclatura e a descrição dos locais de recolha das amostras da variedade Alvarinho.

http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/bitstream/1822/53/1/tese_...

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 02:53
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
shingle soil


Explanation:
http://www.thewavecommunity.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=84

DOMÍNIO NÃO ESPECIFICADO [COM] Entrada completa

PT calhau rolado
seixo
EN shingle

http://www.marketground.co.nz/ClubSite.asp?SiteID=12470&Page...


Leonor Machado
Local time: 07:53
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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