Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

picado

English translation:

pricked/vinegary

Added to glossary by Enrique Mota
Apr 25, 2017 19:03
7 yrs ago
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Spanish term

picado

Spanish to English Science Wine / Oenology / Viticulture stores / supermarkets
Vino con evidentes síntomas de avinagramiento.

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pricked/vinegary

pricked or vinegary

The Taste of Wine: The Art Science of Wine Appreciation
https://books.google.es/books?isbn=047111376X
Emile Peynaud, ‎Jacques Blouin - 1996 - ‎Cooking
... is characterized analytically by the formation of excess acetic acid and ethyl acetate, and on the palate by the taste and smell of pricked, vinegary wine.

Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ...
https://books.google.es/books?id=MsYnAAAAMAAJ
1824 - ‎Encyclopedias and dictionaries
... in any form remain, the sweetness offers no security against the change into vinegar, or at least against that partial change which constitutes a pricked wine.

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THE NEW ROYAL ENCYCLOPAEDIA; OR, COMPLETE MODERN UNIVERSAL ...
https://books.google.es/books?id=CQa2E7HupwoC
William Henry Hall - 1789
Pricked WINE. An easy method of recovering pricked wines may be learned from the following experiment: take a bottle of red Port that is pricked, add to it half ..

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Explanations in Spanish:

vino | Diccionario - Cultura de Rioja
www.culturaderioja.org/index.php/diccionario/...1/.../vino-...
Vino picado. El que se agria y se vuelve vinagre.

Cómo distinguir un vino defectuoso - Sabrosía
https://www.sabrosia.com/.../como-distinguir-un-vino-defectu...
... Un vino picado, tiene aspecto turbio, con olor a vinagre, sabor agrio y ...
Peer comment(s):

agree Robert Carter : Interesting. From the looks of things, it hasn't actually gone bad if it's pricked. There's a nice explanation of pricked vs. sour here https://books.google.com.mx/books?isbn=047111376X
47 mins
Thanks, Robert. Yes, it seems like it refers to wine going vinegary in the cask rather than in the bottle and it can be salvaged
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40 mins

sour, turned, gone bad

Any one of these terms could be used.

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Wine Gone Bad - What To Do When A Wine Turns | VinePair
https://vinepair.com/wine-blog/wine-gone-bad-what-to-do-when...
Aug 24, 2015 - Here are 7 great uses for wine that's turned. ... you're likely waking up to some pretty rough stuff—a flat, sour, empty shell of its former self.
How to Tell if Wine Has Gone Bad | Wine Folly
winefolly.com › Blog › Wine Tips & Tricks
Sep 9, 2015 - Wines go bad when they are left open for too long. ... It will have sour medicinal aromas similar to nail polish remover, vinegar or paint thinner.
Posca - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posca
Posca was a popular drink in ancient Rome and Greece, made by mixing sour wine or vinegar with water and flavouring herbs. It originated in Greece as a ...
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12 hrs

corked

Although "corked" wine is actually a pre-vinegary stage, I have heard "picado" used to mean wine that is corked or just a bit off.
Example sentence:

Cork taint is a broad term referring to a wine fault characterized by a set of undesirable smells or tastes found in a bottle of wine

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