SIMURG
chambrer
EN
v. (French)
A term describing opening a bottle of wine so it can come into contact with the air and reach room temperature. From the French meaning “Allow to breathe”. 1
A derivative of the French word chambre ("room"), the term chambrer means "bring to room temperature." It's associated with the older traditional environment where cellars were very cool (55°F or less) and dining rooms were frequently about 60°F. Bringing to room temperature meant simply taking the bottle of wine out of the wine cellar several hours before serving so that it could warm to this room temperature. 2
[ʃɑ̃bʀe] 3
c.1225, from O.Fr. chambre, from L.L. camera "a chamber, room". 4
Università degli Studi di Genova - Facoltà di Lingue e letterature straniere - Corso di laurea Teorie e tecniche della mediazione interlinguistica
Serena Ghironi rev. Gerbaudo
1 : «http://www.californiawineryadvisor.com/articles/view/Wine_Glossary», (25/10/2011)
2 : «http://www.ajmadison.com/cgi-bin/ajmadison/WC901.html», (25/10/2011)
3 : «http://fr.thefreedictionary.com/chambrer», (25/10/2011)
4 : «http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=chamber&searchmode=none», (09/01/2008)