Geneve

[ US /dʒəˈniv/ ]
NOUN
  1. a city in southwestern Switzerland at the western end of Lake Geneva; it is the headquarters of various international organizations
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How To Use Geneve In A Sentence

  • Suddenly face-to-face with a Dutch spirits promoter whom he had been trying to bump into for days in New Orleans, Jason Wilson is handed a hip flask of genever, or Holland gin. On a Spirited Journey
  • Je suis malheureusement retenu à Genève ce soir mais j'aimerais bien figurer sur la liste des excusés afin de pouvoir assister une prochaine fois. Bloggy Friday de mars — Climb to the Stars
  • With its stroopwafels, genever and smørrebrød, Vandaag brings a taste of Northern Europe to the East Village. Modern European Cuisine
  • After the German failed to sell his former residence in Gland, Switzerland, he turned to the rental market, according to the local Tribune de Geneve newspaper.
  • Unlike most gin, young, genever is lighter and drier.
  • It's true: There's a distinctive farm-like pureness to these whiskies that puts them closer to an earthy genever (traditional Dutch gin) or cachaça (a rum-like spirit from Brazil) than a bourbon. White Is the New Brown
  • The restaurant cooks all its dishes in genever - a tasty gin-based Belgian liqueur - and offers fruit-flavoured shots of the stuff at any time throughout the meal.
  • Genever, Holland's version of gin, is often distilled from malted grain mash similar to that used for whisky.
  • The genever is aged in American oak barrels for about 18 months, transforming it into something resembling a young bourbon more than a gin, both in appearance and flavor. Tony Sachs: Drinking The Past: New Spirits Recreate Vintage Tastes
  • The "funkiness and earthiness from the flask," Mr. Wilson writes, brought back memories of a travel assignment in Amsterdam that turned into a seedy night — an uncomfortable visit to a sex show followed by shot-after-shot of genever chased with beer (what the Dutch call kopstoot or "head butt"). On a Spirited Journey
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