Sauternes
a rich, sweet white table wine of France.
the district near Bordeaux producing this wine.
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Alternate: Sauternes Adapted from My Calabria by Rosetta Costantino with Janet Fletcher.
This colombar grape is simply the semillon—one of the leading varieties of the Sauternes district—transported to the Charente.
Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines | Henry VizetellyChteauneuf communicates with the Sauternes district by rail, so that supplies of wine from there are readily obtainable.
Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines | Henry VizetellyAdams and Washington used his good offices to keep their cellars well stocked in champagne and Sauternes.
Thomas Jefferson | Gilbert ChinardOne ate oysters à la poulette, terrapin-salads, and croquettes; the wines were Sauternes and champagnes.
Vandover and the Brute | Frank Norris
The medium grade clarets and so-called Sauternes are made in California, in great quantities.
The Art of Entertaining | M. E. W. Sherwood
British Dictionary definitions for Sauternes
/ (səʊˈtɜːn) /
(sometimes not capital) a sweet white wine made in the southern Bordeaux district of France
Origin of Sauternes
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