Barbera
Americannoun
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a red wine grape grown primarily in the Piedmont region of Italy and the Central Valley of California.
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a dry red wine produced from this grape.
noun
Example Sentences
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In an AFP interview earlier this week, Venice festival supremo Alberto Barbera acknowledged the dangers but he sounded more optimistic than other leading movie figures.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
“The stock market on the moon and households in increasing gloom are reflecting on the same thing,” Barbera said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
As the Duke, René Barbera, a light and agreeably lyric tenor, goes his own way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2025
Tomer Zvulun’s staging of Verdi’s “Rigoletto,” which premiered at the 2019 Houston Grand Opera, opens May 31, 2025, with Quinn Kelsey, Rosa Feola in her company debut and René Barbera.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2024
Vino Barbera, as they wrote its name in the bill, was not a bad wine; a bottle of it assisted imagination as a percussion-cap does the powder in your rifle.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
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