Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

archetto

English translation:

(arched) cane

Added to glossary by Oliver Lawrence
Jan 22, 2009 13:30
15 yrs ago
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Italian term

archetto

Italian to English Other Wine / Oenology / Viticulture description of a wine and its method of production
"Sistema di allevamento: Sylvoz, 7/8 gemme per archetto, 20 gemme per ceppo, 67000 gemme per ettaro"
TIA :o).
Proposed translations (English)
3 +2 (arched) cane

Proposed translations

+2
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(arched) cane

from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Murgh/Vine_training_system...

Arched cane

A variation on many different forms of training systems where canes are arched rather than being tied horizontally, see Guyot. Alternative names include bow trained, arcure in French, Capovolto or Guyot ad archetto in Italy. This practice is claimed to lead to better budbreak in the centre of the canes, where buds do not normally burst well. It can be considered a variation of Guyot training.

There are many more experienced wine translators than me around though, so don't take my word for it!

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Note added at 20 hrs (2009-01-23 10:09:34 GMT) Post-grading
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see what it looks like at http://images.google.it/images?q=Sylvoz
Peer comment(s):

agree simon tanner
16 mins
thanks Simon
agree Giles Watson : In the Sylvoz system, the canes are tied vertically to wires below the horizontal cordon. The wiki seems to be copied from the Oxford Companion to Wine. Not entirely accurately ("espaltier" should be "espalier").
24 mins
thanks Giles for confirming - does the wikipedia page I used as a reference seem to be authoritative and exhaustive? It's not in the main section of the encyclopedia for some reason
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