lambrusco

American  

[lam-broo-skoh, lahm-broo-skaw] / læmˈbru skoʊ, lɑmˈbru skɔ /

noun

1. a semisweet, lightly effervescent red wine from Italy.

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Lambrusco British  

/ læmˈbrʊskəʊ /

noun

1. a red grape grown in Italy

2. a sparkling red wine made in Italy from this grape

3. a much less common white variety of this grape or wine

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Etymology

Origin of lambrusco

< Italian < Latin labruscum, fruit of the labrusca vine; labrusca

Example Sentences

For the main course, I’d choose a sparkling rosé or even a Lambrusco—especially if the turkey is smoked or fried.

From The Wall Street Journal

OCT 2022: Despite anger in the West over the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Berlusconi stood resolutely by his old friend, President Vladimir Putin: "Putin for my birthday sent me 20 bottles of vodka and a very sweet letter. I replied with bottles of Lambrusco and an equally sweet letter."

From Reuters

Lambrusco wines come in quite a few styles, depending on which clone is used and how the wine is made, but the deepest and driest of them, lambrusco grasparossa di castelvetro, cries out for a protein-rich foodstuff.

From Salon

The animal in the cheese pulls out the earthy notes in a richer lambrusco making it more than a fruit bomb, and the bubbles in the lambrusco break down the fat.

From Salon

Caruso’s wine list is brief, but in keeping with the Italian American theme — chianti comes swaddled in straw — and priced to please, with bottles including lambrusco and super Tuscans averaging $47.

From Washington Post