A onomástica das adegas, viños e licores da D.O. Monterrei e da súa comarca (Ourense)

Abstract

This article deals with the formal and semantic study of wine and wine cellars names included in the Designation of Origin ʺMonterreiʺ (Ourense). The corpus is furthered to other wines and spirits which, in spite of being produced in the Monterrei region are not comprised in this Designation of Origin. The study was carried out through enquiries to the wine cellars managers from whom we gathered information on the reasons for the names given. Certain wines or spirits are not produced any longer or their production was halted at a specific period of time, nevertheless, we took them into account as they are trademarks and they can provide valuable information from an onomastics approach