lay down a cellar

Spanish translation: armar, juntar una bodega

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English term or phrase:	lay down a cellar
Spanish translation:	armar, juntar una bodega
Entered by:	berbeito

06:36 Apr 22, 2022

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English term or phrase: lay down a cellar

October 2007 was seriously wet. The 18th is a date etched in our diaries. We had been invited for a meal by Joan, who had suggested we go in the campervan to give ourselves the option of staying over if we wanted to have a drink. Continuing rain gave us pause for thought but we decided to chance it. This proved very wise, for the following reason. In the early 90s she and her late husband had laid down a reasonable cellar but as things turned out their stocks of wine exceeded demand. On the basis that you can’t take it with you, Lindy had extracted three bottles for the evening between five of us, including one abstemious driver in the other couple. The wines were awarded high scores by the ad-hoc panel. A decision to round the evening off with something Hungarian, virulent and bright green is best glossed over. So we slept in the campervan. It rained all night during which time, had we but known it, our earlier wise decision was beginning to look less wise.

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armar una bodega

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"armar" es un verbo que se usa en este contexto

Ideas para armar una bodega en casa - El Blog del Decoradorhttps://www.elblogdeldecorador.cl › i...· Translate this page
Jul 23, 2014 — La clave para armar una bodega no son los metros cuadrados, sino cómo organizarla para sacarle el máximo provecho. Revisa estas ideas de ...

Bodegas rurales: ideas, diseños e imágenes | homifyhttps://www.homify.com.ar › espacios·
Una bodega de estilo rural perfecta depende de las ideas y el presupuesto personal. El primer aspecto a tener en cuenta al armar una bodega de estilo rural .

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patinba
Argentina
Local time: 18:26

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armar, juntar
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armar una bodega

patinba

constituir una colección de vinos

Jennifer Levey

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Estableció una bodega de reserves de vinos

José Patrício

'lay down a cellar'

Jennifer Levey

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armar una bodega

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 18:26
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 176

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armar, juntar

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constituir una colección de vinos

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As mentioned elsewhere on this page, “lay down a cellar” is an expression used by British wine connoisseurs and sommeliers in relation to the process of selecting and acquiring bottles of wine to fill a wine-cellar, whether for personal consumption, for sale (as from an œnothèque, wine bar or other commercial outlet), or as an investment that can be passed on to future generations. ‘lay down’ probably refers to the fact that bottles of fine wine are usually stored in an almost horizontal position.

In the absence of an equivalent expression in Spanish, and because a quasi-literal translation (eg: armar una bodega) strongly (if not exclusively) implies the construction of a place to store wine, it will be necessary to explain the concept, rather than translating literally or even figuratively.

I suggest:
(they) had laid down a reasonable cellar but ...
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(ellos) lograron constituir una colección razonable de vinos, pero ...

References to the use of colección de vinos to refer to the contents of a connoisseur's wine-cellar:
https://ampely.com/coleccion-de-vinos/
Tu colección de vinos es una reflejo de ti. Sin tomar en cuenta que está de moda en este momento, una gran colección se mantiene fiel a los gustos del coleccionista.

https://medium.com/tips-de-vino/cómo-almacenar-vinos-en-casa...
Así que has decidido iniciar tu propia colección de vinos, ¿cierto? ¡Felicidades! Coleccionar vino es un hobby realmente gratificante, pues te permite viajar por el mundo a través del vino sin salir de tu hogar. Lo importante es hacerlo correctamente, y así poder preservar las mejores características de los integrantes de tu colección.

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 17:26
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 24

Reference comments

3 hrs

Reference: Estableció una bodega de reserves de vinos

Reference information:
A cellar es una bodega. Pero aquí tenemos una hipálage que es emplear un termo por otro. Lay down significa establecer. ¿Cuál es el termo que interesa? Tú lo tienes adelante. Por consiguiente, cellar por stocks of wine.
Estableció una bodega de reserves de vinos

José Patrício
Portugal
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

13 hrs

Reference: 'lay down a cellar'

Reference information:
https://books.google.cl/books?id=AyQ4KR9rj5wC&pg=PA43&lpg=PA...

Good Wine: The New Basics
By Richard Paul Hinkle
(page 43):
"Englishmen are known to 'lay down a cellar', this having to do with putting bottles away for children, even for future grand-children."

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 24

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