a table wine produced from grapes grown near Vesuvius, in Italy.
a medium dry, sparkling wine produced in the Piedmont region of Italy.
First recorded in 1605–15, Lachryma Christi is from Latin lachryma Christī literally, “tear of Christ”
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And it was a large glass of Lachryma Christi!
From Towards the Goal by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
My good friend Salvador brought me a glass of Lachryma Christi and the leg of a chicken; and with recruited spirits we mounted our animals and again started.
From The Diary of an Ennuyée by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)
Tell him to see that the Champagne is not too warm, nor the Johannisberg to cold; the Sillery too dry, nor the Lachryma Christi too acid.
From Joseph II. and His Court by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
I thought they would rest at the Hermitage, drink some Lachryma Christi, and go back.
From The American Baron by De Mille, James
There is something a little shocking to a Yankee mind in the label of Lachryma Christi; but in La Mancha they call fritters the Grace of God.
From Castilian Days by Hay, John
Tasted the custode’s lachryma Christi, which, if it be as good of the sort as he pretends, is middling stuff, but not bad with water.
From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I by Reeve, Henry
O lachryma Christi, it is of the best grape!
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 by Motteux, Peter Anthony
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