How To Use Alsace In A Sentence
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Just as Cologne traded Rhine and Mosel wines to the Baltic and the Low Countries in exchange for herrings and stockfish, Frankfurt did the same with Alsace wines.
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In 2008 Dean was commissioned to make a work in or about the historically contested region of Alsace-Lorraine, and she responded with a type of still life: a close-up study of two bottled pears suspended in schnapps and subtly decaying in sunlight.
Tacita Dean at the Common Guild - review
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In the Middle Ages many Alsace wines were fortified or spiced in order to compete with the fuller bodied Mediterranean wines such as sack and malmsey.
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I myself was born in France, Alsace-Lorraine moved to Chicago at the age of 19 not knowing one word of English, but because I spoke 2 different german dialects and High German I was able to learn the english language very fast.
Fifille - French Word-A-Day
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I cannot believe myself that, unless Prussia has given up the idea of annexing Alsace and Lorraine to
Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris
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The question of Alsace-Lorraine, and the spirit of revanchism to which it gave rise, placed Passy's peace group in an even more precarious position than before the war.
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Being a man of little culture myself, I was always of the impression that the dreaded Alsations, beast requiring the utmost caution, were descendants of the infamous wolfhound and came from somewhere near Alsace.
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As a result, the French peace movement linked revanchism to the creation of an international tribunal that would resolve the question of Alsace and Lorraine through juridical methods.
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Would the border region of Alsace-Lorraine, with its rich seams of coal, again be fought over as European nations struggled to control a key commodity, coal to produce electricity, needed for a war-making machine?
The Miraculous Dawn Of The European Union, 60 Years Ago Today
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They followed Jacquy to his family home in Alsace, where he has to practice doing his entry.
Jay Weston: Kings of Pastry Takes the Cake!
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‘We have different wine glasses for everything,’ notes Guillet, including individual styles for reds, burgundies, ports, Bordeaux and vintages from Alsace.
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With the fervor of the vinously disenfranchised, Riesling lovers have long worshiped the trinity of Germany, Austria and Alsace.
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It is the usual "gros bourg" of Alsace, with comfortable old houses in espaliered gardens: dull, well-to-do, contented; not in the least the kind of setting demanded by the patriotism which has to be fed on pictures of little girls singing the Marseillaise in Alsatian head-dresses and old men with operatic waistcoats tottering forward to kiss the flag.
Fighting France
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I find that the average price from Alsace is $62 per bottle.
Red Newt Cellars 2007 Sawmill Creek Vineyards Gewurztraminer
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As for Germany, the nation lost contiguous territories: Northern Schleswig to Denmark, Eupen and Malmédy to Belgium, Alsace-Lorraine to France, and the Polish Corridor and other lands to the newly recreated Poland.
LewRockwell.com
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The unforgivable, reality , however, was the loss of the border provinces, Alsace and Lorrain.
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Fil d'Alsace D. M.C Nos. 50 to 100 or Fil à dentelle D. M.C Nos. 50 to
Encyclopedia of Needlework
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Varietal labeling has been allowed in Alsace for appellation wines and a rule change will now take Alsace where most other appellations now must tread, that is to say, no mention of varietals on the front label.
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Ask for a much cheaper Alsace Gewürztraminer, or indeed any Alsace white wine, and you won't go wrong.
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MATERIALS: Fil d'Alsace D. M.C in balls Nos. 30 to 70, or Fil à dentelle D. M.C Nos. 25 to 50.
Encyclopedia of Needlework
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Taking us from her childhood in Alsace-Lorraine to her summers in Provence and her busy life in New York and Paris, this book of scrumptious Gallic wisdom and wit shows how anyone anywhere can develop a healthy, holistic lifestyle.
French Women for All Seasons by Mireille Guiliano: Book summary
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The Franco-Prussian war, for example, was extraordinarily brief and resulted in only moderate casualties, and France, absent Alsace-Lorraine, remained largely intact.
Matthew Yglesias » Carter on Gaza
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Educated at Amherst and later at Harvard, he served in the U.S. Army during World War II, first as a cryptographer and then in combat, shocking experiences that became the source for the early villanelle "First Snow in Alsace" and the recent "Terza Rima.
A Great Living Poet's Rare Art of Reticence
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The precentage of Riesling in my little hoard is slowly but consistently increasing; Australian, German, Alsace & South American - last month I had an Israeli Riesling!
The Four Stages of Riesling
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Champagne sales dropped by 9 per cent overall last year, while cremant in Burgundy was up 6 per cent and in Alsace the biggest producer by eight per cent despite the global downturn.
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It was planned to include the Saar Valley under the term "Alsace-Lorraine" because it had been part of Alsace-Lorraine in 1814, though it had been detached in 1815, and was no part of the territory at the close of the Franco-Prussian war.
Public Opinion
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It was in 1987, the Great Truce having been dissolved, that the ancient quarrel between France and Germany over Alsace-Lorraine recrudesced.
THE UNPARALLELED INVASION
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Despite the rigorous opposition of William of Honstein and Erasmus of Limburg (1541-68), all the secular lordships of the diocese in Lower Alsace adopted the new doctrine, except the landgraviate; even part of the cathedral chapter became Protestant.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon
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The word comes from the Alsace-Lorraine section of France, where such windows are popular, and a lot of German is spoken.
Livre d'or - French Word-A-Day
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Taking us from her childhood in Alsace-Lorraine to her summers in Provence and her busy life in New York and Paris, this book of scrumptious Gallic wisdom and wit shows how anyone anywhere can develop a healthy, holistic lifestyle.
French Women for All Seasons by Mireille Guiliano: Book summary
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In Alsace itself, tradition dictates that Muscat or crémant is served as an aperitif wine.
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Not, surely, in the death of Ferdinand the Warlike; not, surely, in the old, half-forgotten revanche for Alsace-Lorraine; not even in the neutrality of Belgium.
DARKWATER
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Alsace has had a strong, pungent history.
Times, Sunday Times
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The Government has established for the duration of the war an insurmountable barrier between Alsace-Lorraine, which is called a territory of the Empire, and the rest of the German states.
Fighting France
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Nonvintage brut cremants d'Alsace from Lucien Albrecht (established 1425) are stylish substitutes for French Champagne, whose prices keep rising.
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On a different note, my wife and I just returned from two weeks in Alsace where we did a lot of hiking which included hiking through the vineyards.
Mauvais perdant - French Word-A-Day
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The name of this wine is still a mystery. Tokay of Alsace is made 100% from Pinot Gris grape variety which is from Alsace itself or Burgundy and has never been linked with Hungary.
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(If you do manage to master the label terminology, you can tell which German rieslings are sweet and which are dry, as you cannot from the labels of most wines from, say, Alsace.)
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After a poke around its battlements, I'll carry on to Colmar, a gorgeous little town in the heart of Alsace.
Classic France: the insiders' guide
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I'm dismissive because in Alsace the good GC sites have a track record of many decades or centuries for producing the best gewurz (or riesling, pinot gris, etc.).
Red Newt Cellars 2007 Sawmill Creek Vineyards Gewurztraminer
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Although the conqueror of all his enemies Charles still entertained mighty projects, and in 1469 he obtained the possession of the landgraviate of Alsace and the county of Ferrette
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux
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What gasps there must have been in the space-age bars and galleries, where they sit sipping their cremant d' Alsace.
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There it is called choucroute, and there it reaches its apotheosis, chiefly in Alsace, the province just across the Rhine from Germany.
THE NEWS BLOG
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Linen is generally sewn with linen-thread, but Fil à dentelle and the Fil d'Alsace are very good substitutes.
Encyclopedia of Needlework
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In Europe - Germany, Alsace and Italy, the best Pinot Gris are oily, sweetish, full-bodied luscious wines.
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To complement the Mediterranean menu, Mr. Cruz aims for diversity on his wine list, which includes a no-dosage Champagne, a Grand Cru Sylvaner from Alsace and a dessert wine from Uruguay.
Now on Tap: Bubbly by the Glass
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Alsace has had a strong, pungent history.
Times, Sunday Times
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Her merchant father, Maximilian Lévy (1872 – 1946), was born in Mulhouse, Germany (Alsace), but in 1882 the family, which included three other children, moved to Montbéliard, a small town in the Doubs region of France, possibly in order that the two sons should not have to serve in the German army.
Resistance, Jewish Organizations in France: 1940-1944.
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Fil d'Alsace D. M.C in balls Nos. 30 to 70, or Fil à dentelle D. M.C Nos.
Encyclopedia of Needlework
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• Le Trianon, avenue des Bains, Parc des Thermes, Allevard, +33 4 7671 9617, letrianon-allevard.frAlsace surprises the visitor, not just with the strange Germanic dialect and its colourful half-timbered gingerbread houses clustered in tiny villages surrounded by rolling vine-clad hills, but also with some of the country's finest cuisine.
Budget bourguignon: cheap eats in France
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Alsace is becoming established as a reliable, perhaps even the most reliable, wine bar white available.
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And Germany forbade the teaching of French in the schools of Alsace.
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Alsace wines that used to be dry are often medium sweet nowadays.
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All of this was accompanied by a half bottle of Alsace Gewürztraminer and a full bottle of Australian Orange Merlot.
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Alsace is also, incidentally, the home of choucroute garnie, a traditional dish of sauerkraut and various forms of pork.
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The honeylike texture of this Grand Cru Pinot Gris from Alsace is hard to beat.
This Season, a Wine for Every Occasion
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One with texture, maybe Alto Adige or Alsace or Oregon.
Butternut squash ravioli with sage butter: wine pairing | Dr Vino's wine blog
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The first named on the south side of the river formed part of the ancient "enceinte" of the first château of Philip of Alsace, and was erected in the twelfth century, and famed with the château of Lille, as the most formidable strongholds of Flanders.
Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders
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For that day M. Hamel had prepared for us some quite fresh copies, on which was written in beautiful round hand: _France, Alsace, France, Alsace_.
Winning a Cause World War Stories
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While the Alsace-born chef spends most waking hours overseeing his restaurants, we followed him home to see how an expert gastronome lives and eats.
In My Kitchen: Jean-Georges Vongerichten
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The Alsace growers ferment their wines to complete dryness.
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Alsace has had a strong, pungent history.
Times, Sunday Times
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Ripuarian Franks the original lands of the House of Lorraine, Alsace, and a part of Burgundy.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy
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Alsace is in north-east France and produces aromatic white wines (Riesling, Pinot Gris, Gewurztraminer, Muscat and the lesser-known Sylvaner).
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The Alsace varietals seem to be the most consistent, with Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, Riesling and Gewürztraminer leading the charge.
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Dry California gewurztraminer, unlike its Alsace counterpart, is almost always best in its first year.
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He was born in 1823 in the small town of Guebwiller in Alsace, where his father was a silk dyer.
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In 1469 he bought the landgraviate of Alsace and the countship of Ferrette from the archduke
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"