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Verarbeitungswein

English translation: base wine/processing wine

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German term or phrase:Verarbeitungswein
English translation:base wine/processing wine
Entered by: Marc Svetov

15:01 Jan 29, 2011
German to English translations [PRO]
Wine / Oenology / Viticulture / German wine market
German term or phrase: Verarbeitungswein
"Zu der großen Gruppe der »anderen Weine« mit einem Gesamtvolumen von xxxx Mill. Hektoliter zählen neben Tafel- und Landweinen, die häufig als lose Fassware (bulk wines) importiert und von einigen wenigen Großkellereien abgefüllt und als Flaschen- oder Kartonware (meist als TetraPak) vermarktet werden, auch die große Gruppe der Verarbeitungsweine. Dahinter verbirgt sich ein großes Volumen von rund 3 bis 3,5 Mill. Hektoliter Wein, das hauptsächlich von den drei großen deutschen Sektkellereien - QQQ Sektkellereien, ZZZZ Sektkellereien und Sektkellerei PPPP - zur Schaumweinherstellung verwendet wird. Ein Teil davon fließt auch als Verarbeitungswein in die Produktion von weinhaltigen Mix-Getränken.
Das deutsche Weinrecht erlaubt den großen Sektherstellern aus ausländischen Verarbeitungsweinen Qualitätsschaumweine herzustellen, die sich in Deutschland als Qualitätsschaumwein, respektive mit dem deutschen Synonym als »Sekt« bezeichnet, großer Beliebtheit erfreuen."
Marc Svetov
United States
Local time: 09:16
base wine
Explanation:
That fact hints at the skeleton in the closet. Most Sekt is
made with cheap foreign base wines. The German ‘part’ of
a traditional Sekt blend is seldom more that 10%, according
to Dr Hermann Pilz from the Weinwirtschaft, the country’s
leading trade publication*.
www.wine-business-international.com/.../mwbi_408_s44-50_ra_... pdf

Another new category: Verarbeitungswein
"Don't worry," says Johannes Selbach, "this is not going to show up on a wine label anywhere!" This is a new segment in the wine commodities market. Verarbeitungswein means 'processing wine' and is fermented base wine that's used in making flavored drinks and other food-like products. It's not finished wine for drinking.
The idea here is to create a market for low-quality or excess production so that winegrowers can use only the best grapes for making fine wine and still get some return on their significant investments in vineyards and labor. You can imagine how difficult it must be to throw away perfectly good fruit, even if it is diluted and underripe. This won't change how the top estates do things, but it could go a long way toward getting truly insipid low-end German wines off the fine-wine market and into wine coolers, where they belong.
http://www.rieslingreport.com/pdf/RR07-Germany 1999.pdf
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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 08:16
Grading comment
Thanks.
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Verabeitungswein
base wine


Explanation:
That fact hints at the skeleton in the closet. Most Sekt is
made with cheap foreign base wines. The German ‘part’ of
a traditional Sekt blend is seldom more that 10%, according
to Dr Hermann Pilz from the Weinwirtschaft, the country’s
leading trade publication*.
www.wine-business-international.com/.../mwbi_408_s44-50_ra_... pdf

Another new category: Verarbeitungswein
"Don't worry," says Johannes Selbach, "this is not going to show up on a wine label anywhere!" This is a new segment in the wine commodities market. Verarbeitungswein means 'processing wine' and is fermented base wine that's used in making flavored drinks and other food-like products. It's not finished wine for drinking.
The idea here is to create a market for low-quality or excess production so that winegrowers can use only the best grapes for making fine wine and still get some return on their significant investments in vineyards and labor. You can imagine how difficult it must be to throw away perfectly good fruit, even if it is diluted and underripe. This won't change how the top estates do things, but it could go a long way toward getting truly insipid low-end German wines off the fine-wine market and into wine coolers, where they belong.
http://www.rieslingreport.com/pdf/RR07-Germany 1999.pdf


Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 08:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 31
Grading comment
Thanks.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Steffen Walter: The statement in the first source sounds worrying/disgusting. / Should be because of the stricter regulations pertaining to its production, but who knows...
5 mins
  -> I wonder if champagne is any better?
agree  Bettina Rittsteuer: It did not seem to me to be a synonym of Grundwein at first, but now I found this:"Nachdem Verarbeitungswein mit der genannten Gesetzesänderung in Grundwein umbenannt worden ist..."
9 mins
  -> Yes. http://tinyurl.com/47brjzq
agree  Ramey Rieger (X): I'm so glad I don't drink!
1 hr
agree  Sarah Bessioud
2 hrs
agree  Terry Gilman: Sad though it is, great to be informed, and I guess they have to do something with the other grapes. Thank you.
8 hrs
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39 mins peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: Definition

Reference information:
see

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Note added at 45 mins (2011-01-29 15:47:00 GMT)
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http://www.umwelt-online.de/cgi-bin/parser/Drucksachen/druck...


    Reference: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verarbeitungswein
    Reference: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grundwein
Bettina Rittsteuer
Austria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Ramey Rieger (X): yes, I came to the same source
1 hr
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