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Notre Maison

09:12 Apr 16, 2021
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French to English translations [PRO]
Wine / Oenology / Viticulture / Terminology
French term or phrase: Notre Maison
Notre Maison est ancrée dans les vignobles des Corbières
judithr
Local time: 01:27


Summary of answers provided
3 +5Our company
David Hayes
3 +2Our Winery
Bokani Hart
4 +1Our establishment
Conor McAuley
3Our family winery
Shilpa Baliga
3Our Wine Firm
Adrian MM.
Summary of reference entries provided
Our house, our domain.
Andrew Paul Kennett

Discussion entries: 9





  

Answers


32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Our company


Explanation:
They may be talking about the winemaker as in the company producing the wine.


    Reference: http://www.maison-ginestet.com/medias/4dd4fc7deec5f/files/no...
David Hayes
France
Local time: 01:27
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: Of course they are refererring to the business
12 mins
agree  Tony M: You also need to consider carefully what the proper name of the company is, as you may need to / be able to take a lead from that.
47 mins
neutral  ormiston: Company doesn't sound right in this specific case
1 hr
agree  Marge Hogarty
2 hrs
agree  philgoddard: Or "we".
4 hrs
agree  Verginia Ophof
5 hrs
neutral  Julie Barber: I agree with Omiston. Of course your answer is factually correct, but "Maison" conveys a more elevated, specialised image to me. I think that it would be good to ask the client to clarify their chosen image
2 days 22 hrs
neutral  Conor McAuley: Flattens the French
2 days 22 hrs
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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Our Winery


Explanation:
For some background see...

https://www.purewow.com/food/difference-between-vineyard-and...

Bokani Hart
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:27
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Barbara Cochran, MFA
1 hr
  -> Thanks Barbara
agree  Julie Barber: I prefer this, if it fits for the company in question. Depending on the image that they want to convey, they could elaborate with "our fine winery", "our established winery" etc
2 days 22 hrs
  -> Thanks Julie
neutral  Conor McAuley: I don't like winery for use in France, it's too Anglo, wine estate maybe, but not winery / For me, the word "winery" instantly says wine from Australia, California, South Africa. Like calling a baguette bread, stretching my point, it's true BUT...
2 days 22 hrs
  -> Too Anglo? That's the whole idea! :)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Our family winery


Explanation:
If it is indeed a family-run winery like this one: https://www.hafnervineyard.com/about/story/

Shilpa Baliga
Local time: 01:27
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Our Wine Firm


Explanation:
May or may not be incorporated as a company at the local RCS, as opposed to an unincorporated family partnership or even a co-operative cf. 'l’immatriculation des marques...', namely the label might be protected.

Example sentence(s):
  • A highly motivated team is proud to help give a new lease of life to this great Rhône Valley wine merchant firm.... delas.com Une équipe extrêmement motivée participe fièrement au renouveau qualitatif de cette Grande Maison de négoce de la Vallée d
  • Il faut aussi citer le Service du contrôle qui, sous la direction d’un inspecteur de la Répression des fraudes, sera étudié ultérieurement, et le Secrétariat de la direction, à qui incombe la délivrance des autorisations de mouvement des vins en

    Reference: http://maisons-champagne.com/fr/encyclopedies/histoire-du-ch...
    Reference: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champagne_Louis_Roederer
Adrian MM.
Austria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Our establishment


Explanation:
"Maison" has connotations of style and class -- think of "maison de haute couture", etc.

I think "establishment" reflects that, and also tradition, a long history, and so on.

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Note added at 2 days 23 hrs (2021-04-19 08:31:13 GMT)
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You could make it "historical establishment", "prestigious establishment", or something like "esteemed establishment", or a combination -- "prestigious historical establishment" -- to amp up the impact.

Conor McAuley
France
Local time: 01:27
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  David Hayes: For me at least, this word springs to mind most naturally in relation to hotels and restaurants, often prefixed with 'high-class', 'family', 'cosy' or whatever (depending on the particular ambiance being claimed by those using the term).
56 mins
  -> Fair enough, language perception is personal. Recently someone on KudoZ told me that "community" had negative connotations for her. We all live different lives and experience things in different ways.
agree  Julie Barber: I think this is going in the right direction in terms of the image
2 days 18 hrs
  -> Thanks Julie!
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Reference comments


17 mins
Reference: Our house, our domain.

Reference information:
If it is a simple home, then you could just use: our house or home.
If it is in reference to a vineyard then domaine or estate would be more appropriate.
Possibly business or establishment.
This depends upon the context of the whole translation.

Example sentence(s):
  • Our house (domain, or estate if a vignoble) is located in the vineyards of the Corbières
Andrew Paul Kennett
France
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
Note to reference poster
Asker: Thanks. It's actually talking about the winemaking company but company seems a bit lowgrade. Maybe establishment is a bit more dignified ?


Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
neutral  writeaway: it's not a simple home.
26 mins
  -> @judithr, establishment might do if it is a bottling company or cooperative, but if it is an actual vineyard then domaine or estate. Writeaway, I realise that. That is why I gave other options.it is an actual vineyard
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