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Gradazione alcolica totale

English translation: total alcohol

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Italian term or phrase:Gradazione alcolica totale
English translation:total alcohol
Entered by: Daniel Gold

15:23 Mar 16, 2012
Italian to English translations [PRO]
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Italian term or phrase: Gradazione alcolica totale
Two terms are used to describe the alcohol content of a wine:

Gradazione alcolica totale and grado alcolico svolto

I gather that grado alcolico svolto = alcohol by volume.

Gradazione alcolica totale = total alcohol content?

tnx
Daniel Gold
Israel
Local time: 22:05
total alcohol
Explanation:
http://web.tiscali.it/lory_n/Par12_3.htm: Per "gradazione alcolica effettiva" (o alcool svolto) si intende il numero di parti in volume di alcool etilico puro alla temperatura di 20°C contenute in 100 parti in volume del prodotto considerato alla stessa temperatura. Per "gradazione alcolica potenziale" (o alcool da svolgere) si intende il numero di parti in volume di alcool etilico puro alla temperatura di 20°C che possono essere prodotte dalla fermentazione totale degli zuccheri contenuti in 100 parti di volume del prodotto considerato a quella temperatura. Per "grado alcolico complessivo" si intende la somma dell'alcool svolto e di quello da svolgere.

http://www.winegrowers.info/wine_making/Enrichment.htm: Prior to fermentation: total alcohol = natural alcohol plus potential alcohol arising from enrichment by adding sugar (or rectified concentrated grape must).
In fermented or bottled wine: total alcohol = actual alcohol plus potential alcohol content of any unfermented sugars.
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Miro Torrielli
Local time: 15:05
Grading comment
Grz!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2total alcohol
Miro Torrielli
4 +1potential alcohol
Giles Watson


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
total alcohol


Explanation:
http://web.tiscali.it/lory_n/Par12_3.htm: Per "gradazione alcolica effettiva" (o alcool svolto) si intende il numero di parti in volume di alcool etilico puro alla temperatura di 20°C contenute in 100 parti in volume del prodotto considerato alla stessa temperatura. Per "gradazione alcolica potenziale" (o alcool da svolgere) si intende il numero di parti in volume di alcool etilico puro alla temperatura di 20°C che possono essere prodotte dalla fermentazione totale degli zuccheri contenuti in 100 parti di volume del prodotto considerato a quella temperatura. Per "grado alcolico complessivo" si intende la somma dell'alcool svolto e di quello da svolgere.

http://www.winegrowers.info/wine_making/Enrichment.htm: Prior to fermentation: total alcohol = natural alcohol plus potential alcohol arising from enrichment by adding sugar (or rectified concentrated grape must).
In fermented or bottled wine: total alcohol = actual alcohol plus potential alcohol content of any unfermented sugars.

Miro Torrielli
Local time: 15:05
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Grz!

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agree  Giles Watson
2 hrs
agree  Isabelle Johnson
2 days 17 hrs
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
potential alcohol


Explanation:
This is the total alcohol obtainable by fermenting all the sugar present in the wine.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2012-03-16 18:33:06 GMT)
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I see I wrote "potential" when I intended to write "total". My explanation is correct but Miro's answer is the right one for "grado alcolico totale".

Giles Watson
Italy
Local time: 21:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 293

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Colin Rowe: As calculated from the must weight http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Must_weight
54 mins
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