Fun with Google Translate

I was using Google Translate to take a look at the Nahe auction catalog, and was amused by one of the translations. Trocken -> dry was easy, and "late vintage" and "selection" were straightforward, but I was really puzzled by "large greenhouse." Any guesses as to what the original Deutsch was?

Walt

Grosslage?

Mark Lipton

More likely it was Grosses Gewächs.

More likely it was Grosses Gewächs.

Yeah, good call. It was a stretch getting from lage to greenhouse; yours makes much more sense.

Good job Rahsaan. I always translated Fahrvergnugen as large greenhouse, so to me those VW commercials never made sense.

I would have thought Grunhaus as in Maximin Grunhauser (and "Max" sounds like large in some contexts.)

Reminds me of a German hotel meal that translated one dish as something like "snake in the grass." (I think it was parsnips.)

I would have thought Grunhaus as in Maximin Grunhauser (and "Max" sounds like large in some contexts.)

This sounds likely.

BTW, just had a 2001 Maximin Grunhauser Abtsberg Spl. this past weekend and it was drinking very well.

I would have thought Grunhaus as in Maximin Grunhauser (and "Max" sounds like large in some contexts.)

This sounds likely.

It does. Although Google Translate is pretty good about recognizing proper names. Type in Maximin Grunhauser and see.

Wow, you guys are smart, Gruenhaus would make the most sense but it was "grosse gewaech". First growth, greenhouse, what's the difference?