How To Use Malmsey In A Sentence
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Madeira is made in several layers of sweetness, from sercial (the driest) to verdelho, bual and malmsey.
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George's treacherous intriguing persisted until in 1478 Edward sent him to the Tower where, according to tradition, he was drowned in a butt of malmsey wine.
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_ Good cheer.] [Footnote 372: A play upon the double meaning of _a denajo_, which signifies also "for money."] [Footnote 373: A kind of rissole made of eggs, sweet herbs and cheese.] [Footnote 374: _Vernaccia_, a kind of rich white wine like Malmsey.]
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
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Malmsey is a medium-dark to dark full-bodied, very fruity, luscious and fragrant dessert wine.
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John Sterling/[Page 101]/has desired his wine merchant, on receiving a certain basketful of Malmsey from
Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle
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Not to mention the Duke of Clarence in Richard III, said to have drowned in a tub of malmsey.
Inspired Ingredients in the Kitchen, Oasis of Calm in the Dining Room
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Similar to malmsey, canary wine was a sweet white variety with a yellow tint.
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Before leaving, the boats were loaded with casks of the local quaffer, which was usually a blend of several grapes: verdelho, sercial, bual, malvasia (also known as malmsey), and terrantez.
Slate Magazine
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George's treacherous intriguing persisted until in 1478 Edward sent him to the Tower where, according to tradition, he was drowned in a butt of malmsey wine.
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The Malvasia grapes which produce malmsey are usually grown in the warmest locations at low altitudes on the south coast, especially around Câmara de Lobos.
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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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The family of sweet fortified wines include Port, Madeira, Malmsey, Vermouth and Muscat de Beaumes de Venise.
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It then quickly shows a richness and fullness that much exceeds most of the other sweet malmseys on show.
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Of course she knows things that every English schoolboy used to know, like the Duke of Clarence — Edward's other brother — drowning in a barrel of malmsey.
Houses Divided
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And rising, and putting the tankard of malmsey to his lips, he passed it to Sir
Westward Ho!
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Take him over the costard with the hilts of thy sword, and then throw him into the malmsey-butt in the next room.
Act I. Scene IV. The Tragedy of King Richard the Third
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Grapes such as terrentez, bastardo, malvasia, and especially bual and malmsey are as rich as fig juice and still exhibit balance and longevity.
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When it came to the bottle of malmsey he offered for dessert, I decided to test Mr. von Rock.
Inspired Ingredients in the Kitchen, Oasis of Calm in the Dining Room
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Its oriental trade, which dates from Naples's period under Byzantine rule, included the strong sweet malmsey of Crete, but Apulia produced similar wines itself, mostly for consumption in southern Italy.
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Meghan - I can think of worse ways to go :- Drowned in a butt of malmsey, like Richard III's brother.
June recipe: Frittata
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If I write it down here I might even remember - it wasn't the Duke of Malmesbury who drowned in a butt of sack, it was the Duke of Clarence who drowned in a vat of malmsey. tortipede says it so it must be true.
Acquisitiveness and girlpower
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This beverage was to us as Malmsey to Clarence, as Falernian to Horace, as the Pierian Spring to poets.
Tiger-Lilies. A Novel.
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Linguistically and geographically, the sweet white wine called malmsey started out in Monemvasia in the Peloponnese, but its name was corrupted in French to malvoisie and further chewed about during its transfer to English.
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The first is while bantering with Princess: "Nay then, two treys, and if you grow so nice, Metheglin, wort, and malmsey: well run, dice!
Archive 2008-03-01
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Reputed to have been drowned in a butt of malmsey, Clarence was the younger brother of Edward IV.
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Shakespeare's Falstaff admitted that he sold his soul for Madeira wine, and so fond of it was the Duke of Clarence that, faced with execution, he chose to be drowned instead in a vat of Malmsey - the sweetest of all Mardeiras.
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Take him over the costard with the hilts of thy sword, and then we will chop him in the malmsey-butt in the next room.
The Life and Death of Richard the Third
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Malmsey is really an after-dinner drink - apparently Verdelho Madeira medium-dry is really the one to drink with cake - but I am sure that on this occasion it will do nicely.
Archive 2005-10-01
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Roll the head up, stitch it together and braize it in half a tumbler of Malmsey or Australian Muscat (Burgoyne's), half a cup of very good white stock, some bits of ham and bacon, and a clove of garlic with two cuts.
The Cook's Decameron: a study in taste, containing over two hundred recipes for Italian dishes
