Would the word be feminine or masculine

Question

Here is a question for you....and I asked a person who speaks Spanish and he was at a loss

Let's say you tell me you are going to the local wine merchant and you ask me if I want any wine.

I say to you "Pick up a bottle of red, and a bottle of white for me. Thanks!"

Well, is it tinto or tinta, blanco or blanca?

Keep in mind I am asking for a bottle of red wine, and a bottle of white wine. Bottle is feminine and wine is masculine.

botella

vino

Thanks for any responses.

edited for blocking

Answer 1

Well, no matter how you say it, the tinto/blanco modifies "vino" not "botella". I think that you can get away with "una botella de tinto/blanco" (with "vino" being understood).

Answer 2

A bottle of white wine - una botella de vino blanco

A bottle of red wine - una botella de vino tinto

If you said "una botella blanca" I imagine you would be given a white bottle, but not necessarily full of wine but I'm not a native so I might be wrong.

No, you are right. - lazarus1907, May 17, 2011

Answer 3

• Me gusta el vino tinto.

• A mi también, pero prefiero el vino blanco

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• Tráeme una botella de vino blanco, y otra de tinto.

"mí" - lazarus1907, May 17, 2011

Answer 4

Samdie is correct. This shortened version would be typically used in a restaurant, ie: you discuss with the waiter the wines available and after deciding you could say "Traígame por favor una botella del tinto."

You can do this only because you have had prior conversation and it's now understood what "tinto" or "blanco" refers to.

Answer 5

its not tinto or tinta its vino. its not blanco its blanco.

Answer 6

So from these responses I am taking it as an impossibility to say the phrase. One must use the word wine.....

Thanks for your answers.