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malmsey
[ mahm-zee ]
noun
- a strong, sweet wine with a strong flavor, originally made in Greece but now made mainly in Madeira.
malmsey
/ ˈ³¾É‘˳¾³úɪ /
noun
- a sweet Madeira wine
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of malmsey1
1325–75; Middle English malmesye < Middle Low German ≪ Monemvasia Greek town where it was originally produced
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of malmsey1
C15: from Medieval Latin Malmasia, corruption of Greek Monembasia, Greek port from which the wine was shipped
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Madeira comes in different levels of sweetness, but you want the sweetest, made with the malmsey grape.
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At the high table Sir Ector sat with his knightly guests, who had come for the morrow’s hunting, smiling and nodding and drinking burgundy or sherries sack or malmsey wine.
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Even the sweeter boal and malmsey wines are not cloying, their sugar balanced by acidity.
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The lawyers in that golden age breakfasted on “brawn and malmsey,†and supped on “venison pasties and roasted hens!â€
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The wine of Santorin, the modern representative of the famous “malmsey,†is mainly exported to Russia.
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