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Deckelwein

English translation: Screw cap wine

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German term or phrase:Deckelwein
English translation:Screw cap wine
Entered by: Edith Kelly

18:07 Sep 2, 2023
German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Food & Drink / Wine
German term or phrase: Deckelwein
Auch einen «Deckelwein», wie wir diese Tropfen mit Dreh- beziehungsweise Schraubverschluss etwas abschätzig bezeichnen, sollten Sie unbedingt probieren. Denn ein solcher Wein kann auch andere Fehler aufweisen. In Neuseeland beispielsweise ist dieser Verschluss vorherrschend. Doch wir möchten nicht auf das genussverheissende «Plopp» beim Öffnen einer Flasche verzichten.
Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 15:09
Screw cap wine
Explanation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screw_cap_(wine)
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Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 06:09
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3Screw cap wine
Michele Fauble
5screw-top
Sarah Naden
Summary of reference entries provided
Stelvin cap/Stelvin closures
Rama Bhave

Discussion entries: 2





  

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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Screw cap wine


Explanation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screw_cap_(wine)

Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 06:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 6

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  philgoddard: This doesn't really work, because you're saying "screw-cap wine, as we call wine with a screw cap". // Exactly. That's a circular statement.
4 hrs
  -> Well, wine with a screw cap is referred to as “screw cap wine”.
agree  writeaway
4 hrs
  -> thanks
agree  Cilian O'Tuama: (obviously no need for capital S in EN) Unless there's another term to distinguish it from Schraubverschluss (also abschätzigally mentioned in ST)
9 hrs
  -> thanks
agree  Lancashireman: Answer to Phil G: "Even ‘screw-tops’, as we somewhat disparagingly designate wines with this type of [metal cap] closure, are definitely worth trying."
22 hrs
  -> thanks
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1 day 14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
screw-top


Explanation:
As an alternative, in the UK we would call this "a screw-top" rather than a "screw-cap", so it depends on your target market.

By not including "wine" in the term, you leave space for that in the description and you also match the common usage (I don't think anyone I know would say "he brought some screw-top wine for dinner", but they might say "he brought a screw-top"

Sarah Naden
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Reference comments


39 mins
Reference: Stelvin cap/Stelvin closures

Reference information:
The screw cap - generic name "Stelvin" after its biggest brand - advanced spectacularly in "New World" wine nations. By 2011, 90% of New Zealand wine was sealed this way.

https://www.drvino.com/2007/03/26/bringing-closure-a-screwca...


Eingetragenes Markenzeichen für einen Drehverschluss der französischen Firma Péchiney. Stelvin ist ein Kunstwort aus STEL und VIN. Es handelt sich dabei um einen speziellen Aluminium-Verschluss für Wein-Flaschen.

https://www.weinfurore.de/blog/weinglossar/stelvin-cap/

Example sentence(s):
  • The screw cap wine closure ‘Stelcap-vin’ (-vin implying use for table wines)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screw_cap_(wine)
    https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-22909428
Rama Bhave
Germany
Native speaker of: Native in MarathiMarathi
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