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Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

frutta sotto spirito

English translation:

brandied fruit

Added to glossary by carly kelly
Sep 19, 2021 11:53
2 yrs ago
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Italian term

frutta sotto spirito

Italian to English Other Wine / Oenology / Viticulture fruit
"Il profumo del Primitivo è di frutti rossi con descrittori di amarena, more e prugna e una sempre maggiore sensazione di frutta sotto spirito con l’aumento del grado alcolico"

Any ideas as to how I can translate "frutta sotto spirito"? All I've come up with so far is liqoured fruit but I'm not very confident.
TIA
Carly
Proposed translations (English)
4 brandied fruit
4 +2 fruit preserved in alcohol
4 Alcohol preserved fruit/fruits
4 preserved fruit/fruit-infused alcohol
3 Fruit soaked in alcohol
3 "liquored fruit", "fruit-infused liquor", "fruit liqueur"
References
A few more from the late Giles Watson's wine glossary

Discussion

carly kelly (asker) Sep 19, 2021:
I know that it's fruit soaked in alcohol... but I was trying to find something a bit snappier and that would avoid the repetition of alcohol at the end of the sentence. Just realised I misspelled liquor in my question...apologies.

Proposed translations

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brandied fruit

it is snappy enough, isn't it?

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Note added at 1 дн 4 час (2021-09-20 16:16:09 GMT)
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Oopps, Sorry, brandied fruit has already appeared in the comments, see Barbara Carrara's comment, which is, imho, very to the point.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks oldnick, this is what I went for in the end. Thanks all for your suggestions."
22 mins

Alcohol preserved fruit/fruits

an alternative

Reference:

https://preserveandpickle.com/preserving-fruit-alcohol/

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16 mins

preserved fruit/fruit-infused alcohol

Here"s two suggestions.



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Note added at 22 mins (2021-09-19 12:16:01 GMT)
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It's a fortified wine:
http://www.wine-searcher.com/grape-391-primitivo

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Note added at 24 mins (2021-09-19 12:18:02 GMT)
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http://www.cucinarefacile.com/guide-di-cucina/preparare-la-f...
Peer comment(s):
neutral Lisa Jane : preserved fruit doesn't necessarily mean in alcohol and fruit infused alcohol only refers to the liquid minus the fruit. frutta sotto spirito is a specific flavour and not just "fruity".
7 mins
"Alcohol" is redundant - it's obvious from the context. And "fruit-infused" is poetic licence. Basically they're saying it's very fruity.
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33 mins

Fruit soaked in alcohol

Mia proposta

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Note added at 48 min (2021-09-19 12:41:32 GMT)
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Questa definizione che ho trovato si riferisce alla frutta secca/disidratata sotto spirito. Nom so se è il tuo caso


https://cooking.stackexchange.com
"Soacking fruit in alcohol"

https://www.donnad.i

"Frutta secca sotto spirito"
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+2
1 hr

fruit preserved in alcohol

Spiking Summer Fruit in Order to Preserve It - The New York Times ...
https://www.nytimes.com › dining

21 set 2010 — FRUIT preserved in alcohol makes a marvelous dessert topping, spooned over ice cream, poundcake, panna cotta or ricotta, and it has other

https://rediscover.co.nz/boozy-brandied-grapes/?doing_wp_cro...
Peer comment(s):
agree Rachel Fell : oh, but maybe not so good if trying to avoid using "alcohol" twice.
1 hr
agree EleoE
1 hr
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15 hrs

"liquored fruit", "fruit-infused liquor", "fruit liqueur"

"Fruit preserved in alcohol" is a heavy mouthful, insufficiently pleasing for a text trying to attract us to the wine. "Fruit soaked in alchol" is awful; this isn't laundry we're talking about. "Fruit-infused alcohol" is readable and tempting but doesn't solve the double use of "alcohol", mentioned as a problem.
Example sentence:

Garnish the drink with a slice of liquored fruit for extra flavour.

Reference:

https://www.annsentitledlife.com/wine-and-liquor/adult-fruit-drink/

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Reference comments

19 hrs
Reference:

A few more from the late Giles Watson's wine glossary

They are marked 'referring to aroma', as is the already suggested 'fruit liqueur'.
I haven't included those mentioning 'alcohol', since you'd rather avoid the repetition.

liqueur fruit

brandied fruit

bottled fruit
Peer comments on this reference comment:
agree Rachel Fell : Yes, how nice.
53 mins
Thank you, Rachel. I saw this as an opportunity to remember Giles.
agree tradu-grace : when I see a question on wine or a similar one I always have a thought to Giles and its wine glossary and not forget his Corriere della Sera articles' translations. He was great!
7 hrs
He was, wasn't he.
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