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  • Ainsi, pour caractériser ces vins industriels, au lieu de dire «vins du nouveau monde», je dirais plutôt «vignes nouvelles du monde».

    la racine - French Word-A-Day 2005

  • Ainsi, pour caractériser ces vins industriels, au lieu de dire «vins du nouveau monde», je dirais plutôt «vignes nouvelles du monde».

    French Word-A-Day: 2005

  • By the ninth century certain names were becoming associated with wines, such as vins de Reims and vins de la riviere river wines, with several villages being noted for the quality of their wines, namely Bouzy, Verzenay, Ay and Epernay.

    At My Table 2006

  • By the ninth century certain names were becoming associated with wines, such as vins de Reims and vins de la riviere river wines, with several villages being noted for the quality of their wines, namely Bouzy, Verzenay, Ay and Epernay.

    Archive 2006-03-01 2006

  • Though not all of the wines on her list are natural they are "vins propres," she said, meaning they come from small producers of handmade wines.

    An American Wine Lover in Paris Lettie Teague 2012

  • These promotions are evocatively billed as foires aux vins wine fairs.

    The Formidable Nouveautés of Fall Lennox Morrison 2011

  • Il me presse de faire la conaissance de Jean-Marc en personne, et d'enfin gouter vos vins!

    pressé - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • When we have time we would love to come and taste some of your wines for our carte des vins!

    livre d'or - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • Carved in stone above the doorway at Château de Savigny, and elsewhere in the little French town of Savigny-lès-Beaune, is the motto "Les vins de Savigny sont nourrissants, théologiques et morbifuges."

    The Death-Defying Values of Savigny-lès-Beaune Jay McInerney 2011

  • Sound file: Listen to today's word, "foire" and this expression: "la foire aux vins" Download Foire.

    foire - French Word-A-Day 2008

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