Catalan

Kathy Ball · Post by **Kathy Ball** » 10 May 2004 12:31

what does the Catalan word Raïmat mean in English

bambino · Post by **bambino** » 10 May 2004 22:05

raim is grape...but raimat....maybe gape fruit or something like that

foryoureyesonly · Post by **foryoureyesonly** » 11 May 2004 20:21

I know nothing of Catalan, but I would like to draw your attention to the (very important) fact that grape and grapefruit are very different from one another: grapefruit is NOT the fruit of the grape.

Atsina · Post by **Atsina** » 12 May 2004 21:39

Dear Kathy you've found it on a bottle of Spanish wine

I suppose...

I do not speak catalan but Raimat is the name of a producer within the "denominacion de origen" of Coster del Pegre (think it's the proper name but the spelling may be wrong).
Well actually I've never been sure wether it's really the name of the producer or the name of the estate.
Taking the latter as a basis, Raimat could mean: proper for wine, rich vines, good vines..., because of the difficulties the first producers had to overcome to make wine in such a dry region.

Atsina · Post by **Atsina** » 12 May 2004 22:17

Might be more useful for you if your post was on the spanish forum (more catalan speakers than on this one)