txakoli v. txakolina

[wallacam]

Does anyone know why this style of basque wine is sometimes called txakoli and sometimes txakolina? I've been looking all over and can find nothing explaining the etymology...

[MOREKASHA]

Might it be the district it's from? i.e. getaria vs Biscaya? By the saw I've seen a rose or two on the market lately from Getaria.

[carswell]

Txakoli (Chacolí in Castillian) is the name of the wine. Getariako Txakolina, Bizkaiko Txakolina and Arabako Txakolina are appellation names.

[wallacam]

But I see them used interchangeably all the time, which is why I'm confused... An example from the wikipedia entry: "This wine is called txakoli or txakolin(a)".

[carswell]

My explanation applies to English usage. (You'll note that, except for the sentence that you quote, the Wikipedia article, like the Oxford Companion article, etc., refers to the wine only as Txakoli.) Basque word endings are way beyond my ken.

Would I lived in a place where I heard Txakoli and Txakolina used interchangably all the time...

[pookiepie]

I think what carswell said makes sense. Txakoli would be the noun, and when used with a region, it changes a little bit to become an adjective.

Like in Mexico you could say Oaxaca cheese or queso oxaqueño. In English Oaxacan cheese.

It's like saying Parisian wine instead of "Paris wine"

[ibstatguy]

thanks for this! I've had a white from Amezetoi Getariako Txakolina and have read about their rose but have not yet had a chance to drink the rose.

[Brad Ballinger]

Had a chance to try the Ameztoi Rubentis yet? I adore that rosado wine! From the same region, I also like the Txakolina Gurrutxaga Rosado.

[ibstatguy]

no Rubentis yet although I did happen into some of the Gurrutxaga and liked it as well

[ibstatguy]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article...

a good article on the subject

[wineluver]

Just returned from a visit to Bilbao and San Sebastian. I was told by locals that "txakolina" is "txakoli" in the Basque language. It's delicious no matter which way it's spelled!