Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A variety of grape cultivated especially in Italy that is used to make white and red wines.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Originally, a wine of Napoli di Malvasia in the Morea, Greece; now, a name given also to some other wines, especially to certain Italian and Sicilian wines, as to a brand of Marsala, of similar quality, sweet and somewhat heady. See
malmsey .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A sweet grape used to make malmsey wine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A variety of
grape , originally from the region of theAegean , now used to makemalmsey wine
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun used to make malmsey wine
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The term malvasia wine, or malmsey, was originally used of a wine coming from that locality, but afterward, as here, of certain madeiras.] [Footnote 17: Employ.]
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents 1898
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Loved the dry malvasia from Greece I had as an aperitif accompanied by oiled-grilled bread served with tiny ramekins of creamy ricotta and honey.
Rozanne Gold: Tastes of the Week: Notes From Napa Valley Rozanne Gold 2011
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Loved the dry malvasia from Greece I had as an aperitif accompanied by oiled-grilled bread served with tiny ramekins of creamy ricotta and honey.
Rozanne Gold: Tastes of the Week: Notes From Napa Valley Rozanne Gold 2011
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Loved the dry malvasia from Greece I had as an aperitif accompanied by oiled-grilled bread served with tiny ramekins of creamy ricotta and honey.
Rozanne Gold: Tastes of the Week: Notes From Napa Valley Rozanne Gold 2011
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Loved the dry malvasia from Greece I had as an aperitif accompanied by oiled-grilled bread served with tiny ramekins of creamy ricotta and honey.
Rozanne Gold: Tastes of the Week: Notes From Napa Valley Rozanne Gold 2011
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They grow unique-to-the-Island grapes like Tocai Friulano, Aligote, malvasia bianca, and muscat ottonel.
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Around 1850, Baron Bettino Ricasoli codified the Chianti formula and called for as much as 15 percent white grapes like malvasia.
Archive 2008-09-01 Jan 2008
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Est! white wine, of trebbiano and malvasia grapes, was delightfully light, subtle and slightly sweet.
Liquid Refreshment: 2008
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Around 1850, Baron Bettino Ricasoli codified the Chianti formula and called for as much as 15 percent white grapes like malvasia.
The Secret to a Long Life... Jan 2008
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Aside from these unique-to-Long Island varietals, they also grow ligoté, malvasia bianca, and muscat ottonel.
Over the Barrel 2005
rolig commented on the word malvasia
A very popular and delicious wine produced in the Primorska region of Slovenia (malvazija); in English traditionally called malmsey.
February 21, 2015