How To Use Varietal In A Sentence
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I find it interesting, especially given a life time of lectures from France on terroir alongside criticisms of French non-varietal labels, that it is in grapes such as Syrah that French Rhone wines seem to hold up better in the market while the New World sinks.
Syrah: beyond the fruit bomb | Dr Vino's wine blog
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The main varietals in Chile are Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc for whites and Cabernet, Merlot and Carmenere for reds.
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The region now produces premier Chardonnays, Sauvignon Blancs, Merlots and Cabernet Sauvignons, plus trendy varietals such as Pinot Noirs, Syrahs, Zinfandels, Gamays, Nebbiolos and Sangioveses.
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If provided, varietal information on packets would be just as helpful as that on wine labels.
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Although these blends are usually a producer's most expensive wines, only varietal wines made from a single grape qualify for D.O.C. status.
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This 144-page book covers common mineral names, briefly giving their histories, as well as varietal and popular names.
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In the past, botanists attempted to classify these kinds, giving them varietal names such as Cocos nucifera var typica.
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The best varietals are going to come from specific regions as they do in France.
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Four types of Madeiras, each named for a varietal grape, predominate.
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The purity of these wines can be lost, or if you prefer diluted, in a blend, which is why most wine hacks like varietal whites, but drink blended reds.
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Schiava grapes are found in most of the non-varietal light red wines of Trentino-Alto Adige.
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Sure there's a little risk involved, but the payoff is being able to produce a unique bottle of wine -- not to mention becoming pioneers for those varietals on the Niagara Wine Trail.
Niagara Escarpment Wines
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Weird is not necessarily bad, especially when a wine is a melange of grape varietals.
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For varietals, the wine must be made of 85 percent of the grape variety shown on the label.
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Prices for multi-purpose grapes have fallen sharply as Americans have shifted to varietal wines made from Merlot, Cabernet, Zinfandel, or Chardonnay grapes.
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This would be a good pool-side sipper on a hot day, but I'm not sure that this wine convinces me that viognier has an important future as a varietal wine on Long Island.
LENNDEVOURS:
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This 89-point and below niche for Pineau d'Aunis is surprising, given the fact that the wines are often described as exhibiting textbook varietal characteristics.
Archive 2008-10-01
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There are several red La Boca varietals about but, unsurprisingly, this smooth, juicy, raspberry and blackberry-stacked unblended malbec, the country's finest red grape, is the best.
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The purposes of this Association shall be to promote interest in the nut bearing plants; scientific research in their breeding and culture; standardization of varietal names; the dissemination of information concerning the above and such other purposes as may advance the culture of nut bearing plants, particularly in the North Temperate Zone.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952
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Prices for multi-purpose grapes have fallen sharply as Americans have shifted to varietal wines made from Merlot, Cabernet, Zinfandel, or Chardonnay grapes.
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An attractive wine style displaying rich varietal grape flavours with crisp acidity.
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More and more artisan chocolatiers are making single-origin varietal chocolates that express the unique flavors of different cacao beans.
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The result is a range of wines that show great depth and outstanding varietal character.
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The three of us stop at the Boeger Winery tasting room to sample their Barbera varietal.
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A pretty little green bird called a greenie or chickowee used to be officially Meliphaga and is now Lichenostomus, and three species of Australian magpies, because they were found to interbreed, are now one species with the old specific names retained as varietal names, so that South Australia's emblem, the white-backed magpie, maggie to his friends, is in full dress Gymnorhina tibicens hypoleuca.
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Now the winery is looking at different varietals and blends to keep up with the changing tastes of American consumers.
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This would include such features as varietal purity, appearance and analysis.
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When we started our column in 1998, the most widely available Sauvignon Blanc came from the U.S., where too many winemakers stripped it of its varietal character -- fresh-cut grass, kiwi, lime and grapefruit, with bouncy acidity -- by making it into a kind of oaky junior Chardonnay.
Summer's sure-fire wine: Sauvignon Blanc
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All in all, however, citrus covers the largest tonnage if you include oranges, grapefruit, lemons and smaller varietals such as naartjies.
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Peak varietal expression in coffee is achieved at a medium chestnut brown color (with no oil on the bean surface) called "full city.
Buying and brewing good coffee in Mexico
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VINIFICATION : Vinification is carried out using the traditional "submerged cap" system, carefully controlled in order to extract delicate tannins and varietal fruit characteristics.
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This brilliant tri-varietal white blends the buttery character of Chardonnay with the aniseed, angelica and citrus flavours of Sauvignon and muscat grapes.
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This problem is exacerbated in the fermentation of white grape varieties where, in an attempt to produce a wine with clean, pronounced varietal character, the must is kept highly protected from air and with a very low level of grape solids.
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In the field these two forms looked like distinct taxa, and we wondered if earlier botanists were not correct in recognizing this material as either varietally or specifically distinct.
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The produce is grown from varietal seeds chosen for flavor, not longevity.
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These possess the original quality of the one or two varietals from which they are vinted and make up 18 per cent of the country's wine production.
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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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A grape varietal called gewurztraminer is sometimes nicknamed the "turkey wine" because it pairs so well with turkey and trimmings at Thanksgiving.
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Rindo $75, the signature Kenzo Estate wine, is a Bordeaux varietal that nods to California reds and the rindo, a Japanese bellflower that blooms around the time of harvest.
Marie Elena Martinez: 2010's Must-Visit Napa Winery: Kenzo Estate
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Intense red with violaceous hues. It has varietal with blackberries, pepper and toast notes. Soft body, harmonic and great balance.
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Dirgham Salahi, who had studied geology, examined the loamy earth around his estate and carefully selected a group of French hybrid varietals to grow on his farm.
Dirgham Salahi, Virginia winery owner and Montessori school founder, dies at 81
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Certain wine varietals, such as Sauvignon Blancs, can typically be consumed within five or six years to retain their fruity characteristics and fresh aromas.
Wine 101: Aging
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Future studies will focus on mixtures, different vintages of the same wine, and regional variations in varietal wines.
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These are well-made varietal wines, Cabernet franc, Merlot and Chardonnay, selling for around $25 a bottle.
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Even though it was frizzante, it had strong varietal characteristics of Pinot Grigio.
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The cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) was transferred into leaf mustard by inter varietal hybridization and subsequent backcrosses cms donor as using tuber mustard.
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All in all, however, citrus covers the largest tonnage if you include oranges, grapefruit, lemons and smaller varietals such as naartjies.
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Venge, who also produces Calistoga Ranch's private-label Cabernet, speeds up the typical lengthy blending process by offering just three varietals - a Stagecoach Cabernet and Syrah as well as a Merlot from his father's Saddleback vineyard.
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Casual gardeners may envision low shrubs with puffball blooms in shades of pink and blue, but these so-called mophead hydrangeas—technically known as Hydrangea macrophylla—are only the most common varietal out there, and in my experience, aren't reliable bloomers.
Hydrangeas' Fall Flower Show
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The concepts of winemaking, viticulture, varietals and everything surrounding wine production in the Chianti Classico zone have been reborn.
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It is never quite free from the old atavistic type of the trifoliolate leaves, and invariably, when external conditions become less favorable, this atavistic form is apt to gain dominion over the more refined varietal character.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation
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In the 1980s and 1990s a number of single estates or quintas have also emerged, making high-quality varietal wines from grapes such as Alvarinho, Loureiro, and Avesso.
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~ The purposes of this Association shall be to promote interest in the nut bearing plants; scientific research in their breeding and culture; standardization of varietal names; the dissemination of information concerning the above and such other purposes as may advance the culture of nut bearing plants, particularly in the North Temperate Zone.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950
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If treated as a variety of the aggregate species D. intermedia, the New Zealand plant must bear the varietal name of norfolkensis, whether it occurs elsewhere or not.
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The epizoa generally lodge themselves in various parts of the plumage of birds; and almost every group of birds becomes the host of some specific or varietal form with distinct adaptations.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885
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Winning at Squash mirliton That last item can be replaced by a serrano; the mirliton squash also known as a chayote can be swapped for bitter melon varietals.
Week in Words
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They're fiercely varietal: just one variety in each wine and as for the sheer concentration of fruit and perfume - wow!
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A varietal is a wine made predominantly from one specific grape and is labeled as such, for example, California Merlot.
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Chardonnay is the most important varietal, with the best offering notes of apple, pear, butterscotch and pineapple.
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Then, piling a Lucullan Pelion on Ossa in my Titanic hubris, I dug up a recipe for Paprika Pork Chops Molise Style, reasoning infallibly that paprika would complement its red bell pepper co-varietal quite nicely.
Princeofcairo: [RECIPE] One Magnificent Meal
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That last item can be replaced by a serrano; the mirliton squash also known as a chayote can be swapped for bitter melon varietals.
The Tailgaters' Favorite Gone Frou-Frou
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The vineyard is planted in Bordeaux red varietals with Sauvignon Blanc being sourced from Marlborough.
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This wine shows the classic Cabernet Sauvignon varietal charateristics of blackcurrant and choc-mint supported by subtly integrated oak and savoury tannins.
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The purposes of this Association shall be to promote interest in the nut bearing plants; scientific research in their breeding and culture; standardization of varietal names the dissemination of information concerning the above and such other purposes as may advance the culture of nut bearing plants, particularly in the North Temperate Zone.
Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948
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Long famous for its Chardonnays and Cabernet Sauvignons, Sonoma is now garnering more attention for other varietals, such as Syrah and Merlot.
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For others, the only vinifera varietals that are remotely palatable (particularly where reds are concerned) are the sweets.
A Tale of Two Niagaras
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Sourcing quality grapes from Stellenbosch and the Cape's Coastal Region allows Fleur du Cap to produce wines of great varietal character.
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After walking around the shop with me, pointing at a bottle here and there all of a sudden, with eyes wide open, he grabbed a certain bottling from a winery I had never heard of before and a varietal it had never ocurred to me to try until that afternoon.
Wine Blogging Wednesday
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This lack of varietal distinction or population grouping is often associated with high levels of variation within and among populations of a species.
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Sometimes terroir and varietal character win over technique.
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Blends range to include any mixture possible of these three varietals including 100% unblended versions.
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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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While I'm sure it has its limitations, Catawba is always a varietal I'm willing to approach with a very open mind.
What We Drank (July 7, 2009)
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The flavour of tomato was influenced not only by varietal differences and the nutritional regime of the plants, but also by the stage of ripening when picking fruit and by post-harvest storage conditions.
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Varietal-based labels also generally indicate appellations (though often in small type), sometimes right down to the name of the vineyard.
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Once achieved, the targeting of genomic regions for varietal improvement would be possible through marker-assisted selection.
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Grenache is a fine and fruity varietal with floral aromas. It has a salmon pink colour and a full taste that reveals aromas of fresh raspberries and strawberries.
