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Zarcera

English translation: air shaft

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Spanish term or phrase:Zarcera
English translation:air shaft
Entered by: bigedsenior

18:57 Oct 19, 2018
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Wine / Oenology / Viticulture / Part of a winery
Spanish term or phrase: Zarcera
Apparently it is a type of window in traditional wineries: "una especie de ventana que tienen las bodegas tradicionales en la parte superior por la que se arrojaba la uva y caía al interior. Synonyms; lucera, echadero. Any ideas?
David Hasting
Spain
Local time: 19:43
air shaft
Explanation:
This is how the term is used in the rural Ribera de Duero area. It may have other usages elsewhere.

https://repositorio.uam.es/bitstream/handle/10486/8150/44456...
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3 +4air shaft
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air shaft


Explanation:
This is how the term is used in the rural Ribera de Duero area. It may have other usages elsewhere.

https://repositorio.uam.es/bitstream/handle/10486/8150/44456...

bigedsenior
Local time: 10:43
Native speaker of: English
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis: Exactly, and plenty more references all point to this: "respiradero", "para ventilación", etc.
33 mins
  -> thanks. Charles
agree  Taña Dalglish: Agree. Got interrupted by the phone, but rather than dumping my research, I added as references in support of your answer.
1 hr
  -> thank you, Taña
agree  Marie Wilson
4 hrs
  -> thanks, Marie
agree  neilmac
14 hrs
  -> thanks, neilmac
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Reference: Refs.

Reference information:
http://www.diccionariodelvino.com/index.php?qv=ZARCERA
ZARCERA
Respiradero que arranca desde el centro o desde uno de los lados del techo de la nave principal de la bodega para favorecer la ventilación evitando la concentración del tufo, además de crear un ambiente seco en su interior con esta aireación de la bodega se mantiene el vino a una temperatura constante entre 12 y 14 grados durante todo el año, incluso en las épocas de temperaturas más extremas.

En Zamora las zarceras han servido como pozos para elevar los escombros procedentes del picado del calado hasta el exterior, protegido de la entrada de personas mediante una reja. Permiten también colocar ventiladores para extraer el tufo procedente de la fermentación.

Francés cheminée d'aération (air shaft https://dictionary.reverso.net/french-english/cheminée d'aér... essort
Italiano camini di tiraggio

The italian suggests it is a "draft chimney"
gamme citizen pw - Europrojet
www.europrojet.fr/boutique/images_produits/documentation_ci...
Top dotato di raccordo per camino a tiraggio naturale (aspiratore 600m3/h a richiesta) / Top equipped with fitting for natural draft-chimney (600m3/h exhauster ...


https://winetourismspain.com/blog/things-do-ribera-del-duero...
What are the zarceras? The word zarceras is not a common term in Spanish, let alone English. The zarceras are visible to any person who visits Peñafiel or Pequera del Duero- they are mismatched stone domes, as tall as men, that pop out of the ground like giant mushrooms. Links to the outside world, the zarceras go deep underground into the ancient caves that used to be used to store wine in ancient times. Allowing air to enter the caves and CO2 to leave, the zarceras were a fundamental part of wine fermentation in times gone by. Look out for them as you pass through the region.

Medieval wine cellars - Bodegas de Aranda
https://www.bodegasdearanda.com/en/medieval-wine-cellars/Pos... una ingeniosa construcción llamada zarcera, gracias a ella, las bodegas históricas disfrutan de una excelente ventilación procedente del exterior.


Here it refers to an "air-hole" as a "zarcera":
https://books.google.com.jm/books?id=2xsQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA469&l...

http://oa.upm.es/32911/1/CESAR_PORRAS_AMORES_1.pdf
Pages 27 - 28: Con independencia del tipo de axcación (en llano o en ladera) las bodegas subterráneas tradicionales ..... Además, es habitual la existencia de al menos una chimenea de ventilación llamada "zarcera" o "tufera" (Fig. 5).


"Air shaft" is what I suggest, which is what the French suggests (cheminée d'aération)
http://champagne-patrimoinemondial.org/wp-content/uploads/20...
Las señales de la producción también son visibles
en el viñedo: zarceras (chimeneas de ventilación que indican la presencia de bodegas), hitos (delimitación
de las parcelas) y cobertizos (refugios) de viticultores.

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  bigedsenior: nice job
9 hrs
  -> Thank you biged.
agree  neilmac
13 hrs
  -> Thank you so much Neil.
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