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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Lachryma Christi, a sweet wine of a red or amber colour, produced from grapes grown on Mount Vesuvius.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin
On the ancient lava-streams old trees grew, the most luscious grapes ripened on the flanks of the mountain, and from their descendants is pressed out at the present day a wine called Lachryma Christi.
From From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People by Hedin, Sven Anders
It was hard work to get on; and we were glad enough to reach the Hermitage and Observatory, where we tossed off a glass of Lachryma Christi to restore us.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 by Various
"Lachryma Christi?" asked Hawbury, in an interrogative tone.
From The American Baron by De Mille, James
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)
O lachryma Christi, it is of the best grape!
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 by Motteux, Peter Anthony
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
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