mucho empaque

21:18 Jun 3, 2014 

I was wondering if 'personality' might also work here, and it does seem to be the more common term, but then I found a reference to 'a wine with presence but without a compelling personality' at http://www.compleatwinegeek.com/essays/boatloads5.html . I'm never sure how seriously to take such language - I mean I drink a fair amount of the stuff, some of it quite good, and never genuinely think of it in that way. Might personality be more coherent than presence? What does it all mean (if anything)?

20:41 Jun 3, 2014 

I'm no wine expert, I say at once, but 'full bodied' or 'rounded' are both frequent terms used to describe wines of a... fuller sort. I have not encountered (without, as I say, any specific expertise other than reading an aaaawful lot of labels in the shop...) 'hefty' (ever); vague acceptance of 'substantial' (in league with other winey flutterings); and am quite sure that 'lots of presence' is used - but I do not recal encountering it. 'Full in the mouth' - 'Rounded' - that sort of phrase seems to me to be far more current - or would it apply to some other aspect of wines?

Thank you in all humbleness don't shout at me. Phil.

12:17 Jun 2, 2014 

Not to be confused:

empaque1.
1. m. Acción y efecto de empacar.
2. m. Conjunto de materiales que forman la envoltura y armazón de los paquetes, como papeles, telas, cuerdas, cintas, etc.

empaque2.
(De empacarse).
1. m. Seriedad, gravedad, con algo de afectación o de tiesura.

11:53 Jun 2, 2014 

Unless you mean the definition of "packaging", which would be for a different context to mine.

11:49 Jun 2, 2014 

Sorry if I've annoyed you Phil and thanks for your help but I can't find the dictionary term you mention despite Googling it and looking at other sources, as I always do before posting here.

11:45 Jun 2, 2014 

When I Googled this, the second hit was a dictionary giving a perfectly good answer to your question. KudoZ is supposed to be a last resort when your research has been unsuccessful.