Grenache

[ gruh-nahsh ]

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noun

a variety of grape used in winemaking, especially for table wines in the Rhône Valley of France and for a type of rosé in California.

Grenache

/ ɡrɪˈnɑːʃ /

noun

a black grape originally grown in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France and now in other wine-producing areas
any of various red wines made from this grape

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Grenache¹

< French grenache < Catalan garnatxa, granatxa, Medieval Catalan vernatxa < Italian vernaccia, after Vernazza, a commune of the Cinque Terre, a wine-growing region of Liguria

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Grenache¹

French

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Example Sentences

Maison Bleue (John Meuret, winemaker) in Snipes Mountain--especially “Uplands Vineyard” Grenache.

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Whilst eating these spices they drank Grenache, Malmsey, or aromatic wines (Fig. 123).

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For, first there was served to each guest, on being seated, a quarter of a pint of grenache.

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Canard à la Rouennaise is good, it is done here with a wine called Grenache.

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