Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

artisan vigneron

English translation:

independent winemaker

Added to glossary by Kimberly De Haan
May 14, 2008 08:33
16 yrs ago
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French term

artisan vigneron

French to English Marketing Wine / Oenology / Viticulture
This term appears in a newsletter put out by a Champagne producer. The sentence it appears in doesn't provide any context so I won't include it.

I understand this to mean a small grower as opposed to an industrial type of producer, but I don't know what the right term is.

Can somebody help?
Proposed translations (English)
3 +4 independent winemaker
4 +1 not an answer
4 wine grower
4 traditional winemaker
2 +1 artisan winegrower
Change log

May 14, 2008 08:56: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Science" to "Marketing"

Proposed translations

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independent winemaker

I would use independent to translate artisan in this context, as it tends to mean those who produce their own wine from their own vineyard, rather than those who sell to third parties or are part of a cooperative (that's how it is down here in the Languedoc, at least).
Peer comment(s):

agree Tony M : As long as one can be SURE that s/he isn't part of a co-op, I think this is the best solution, it has good positive connotations
4 mins
agree Victoria Porter-Burns : Yes, this is what I was trying to think off. I think it captures the sense nicely, but agree with Tony M
25 mins
agree Bourth (X) : I and www.trinor.com/WineXX/WineGloss-C/WTermCoseco.html couldn't agree more.
30 mins
agree jean-jacques alexandre : I translate wine logs for such a person & it 's how he calls himself
4 hrs
neutral Rebecca Lyne : I think you need to be quite careful here. Artisan, as you statted earlier, is also what differentiates between that which is industrially made.. One could also say the direct translation of "artisan winemaker".
9 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Yes, this is exactly what the newsletter says later in the text. They grow their own grapes and use only their own grapes to make their own wine. Thanks for your help"
3 mins

wine grower

A non-profit organization created by the owners of the state's wineries. Details the history of the industry, list of wineries, upcoming events, ...
www.newjerseywines.com/ - 15k

The Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers advocates for the Washington wine growing industry by educating, promoting, representing, ...
www.wawgg.org/ - 9k
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4 mins

artisan winegrower

gets some interesting googles

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Note added at 5 mins (2008-05-14 08:39:03 GMT)
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small-scale winegrower

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Note added at 12 mins (2008-05-14 08:45:57 GMT)
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perhaps better "traditional winegrower"?

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Note added at 22 mins (2008-05-14 08:56:21 GMT)
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"farmer-winegrower"
Peer comment(s):

agree sujata
24 mins
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+1
13 mins

not an answer

Just a comment about "artisanal" which so often causes us headaches.
The news this morning reported the stabbing of a prison officer with a "couteau artisanal". Since I very much doubt it was a bee-encrusted handcrafted masterpiece from France's hilly central regions, it suspect it was an IMPROVISED knife, things traditionally made from broken hack-saw blades liberated from prison workshops.

This goes here so that, with luck, someone looking for a translation of "artisan(al)" will stumble across it.

Re. your term, it might depend just how "artisanal" he is. In NZ they speak of "boutique wineries" producing high-quality, low-volume wines. "Boutique winemaker" or "boutique-wine maker"?

Of course the question is , is he a wine maker or a wine grower? I doubt there is much point or money in being a boutique wine GROWER unless one is backed up by or is oneself a boutique wine MAKER.

Any luck Googling his name, if your text does not elaborate?

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This has become an answer, in case no-one noticed (another plea to the ProZ powers-that-be: how about a rethink so answerers can change the title term AND their confidence level?). Or maybe the rest of you are better organized than me!

VIGNERON
Personne qui cultive la vigne ET ELABORE LE VIN (viticulture et vinification)
http://www.parlonsvin.com/glossaire.htm

vigneron indépendant. Viticulteur qui ELABORE SON PROPRE VIN, en utilisant généralement les méthodes traditionnelles de sa région. ...
www.trinor.com/WineXX/WineGloss-C/WTermCoseco.html


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Note added at 22 mins (2008-05-14 08:56:24 GMT)
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What I meant was, is it made clear if he produces wine from the grapes he grows (I suspect he does) or just sells them to a vintner who does the wine-making (which I very much doubt). There might be GROWERS who produce in large quantities and sell their grapes to the large wine-making companies, but they would not boast about it. Nor would the small growers whose grapes get lumped into the local wine from the growers' cooperative. "Artisan" implies to me that he grows the grapes and produces a wine, quite probably sold exclusively from the estate.
Note from asker:
Nope, Googling the name doesn't help as the site is only in French
Thanks for your explanation Bourth. It was very helpful!
Peer comment(s):

neutral Sandra Petch : Thanks for making me smile, you have a great sense of humour!
6 mins
agree Tony M : Agree on all comments. (Easiest way, Alex, is to hide and re-post a fresh answer, cutting and pasting where helpful)
15 mins
Mais bien sûr!
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8 hrs

traditional winemaker

just one option
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