commercial

English translation: meant to sell in quantity to the general market

05:09 Aug 3, 2015
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Wine / Oenology / Viticulture / wine description
English term or phrase: commercial
21 Mar 2014
Light straw-green; a well-made, perfectly pleasant commercial chardonnay; its limitations lie in the inexplicable inability of Coonawarra to invest chardonnay with finesse and drive.

commercial chardonnay?
Ivan Niu
China
Local time: 18:37
Selected answer:meant to sell in quantity to the general market
Explanation:
I believe the point is that this isn't the product of a passionate "art" vineyard, not to be evaluated alongside true connoisseur wines, but as a general "commercial" wine, it's pretty good.
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JW Narins
United States
Local time: 06:37
Grading comment
thanks!!
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4 +6meant to sell in quantity to the general market
JW Narins


  

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meant to sell in quantity to the general market


Explanation:
I believe the point is that this isn't the product of a passionate "art" vineyard, not to be evaluated alongside true connoisseur wines, but as a general "commercial" wine, it's pretty good.

JW Narins
United States
Local time: 06:37
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thanks!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M: Used here almost in a derogatory sense.
16 mins
  -> Quite. (And thanks!)

agree  Edith Kelly
1 hr
  -> Thanks!

agree  Jack Doughty
1 hr
  -> Thanks!

agree  Yvonne Gallagher
3 hrs

agree  Veronika McLaren
6 hrs

agree  Phong Le
10 days
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