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• malvasia
  malvasia

  noun

  a sweet grape from which malmsey wine is made.
• Malvasia
  Malvasia

  noun

  another word for malmsey

malvasia

American  

[mal-vuh-see-uh] / ˌmæl vəˈsi ə /

noun

1. a sweet grape from which malmsey wine is made.

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Malvasia British  

/ ˌmælvəˈsɪə /

noun

1. another word for malmsey

2. the type of grape used to make malmsey

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Other Word Forms

• Malvasian
  adjective
• malvasian
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of malvasia

1830–40; < Italian, for Monemvasia. See malmsey

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Example Sentences

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malvasia Malvasia

There she offers a line of wines called Fifth Moon made with grape varieties not common in California, such as grüner veltliner, malvasia bianca and chenin blanc.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 2023

This wine is made from malvasia moscata grown in northwestern Italy, near the French border.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2021

This one, made largely from the malvasia del Lazio grape, is still fresh, but richer, with more character than in the Frascatis I remember.

From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2020

The grape is called malvasia moscato, and it combines the exotic, floral characteristics of both the malvasia and muscat grapes into a raucous dance party of flavors.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2020

The term malvasia wine, or malmsey, was originally used of a wine coming from that locality, but afterward, as here, of certain madeiras.

From Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents by J. Franklin (John Franklin) Jameson

I was recently privileged to share a 1920 Malvasia Madeira with friends after a blowout dinner.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 1, 2021

Its wine list includes many nearby producers of local white grapes like Vitovska and Malvasia Istriana that pair brilliantly with fish.

From New York Times ● May 16, 2017

From my perspective, staring out into the yawning azure gulf with razor clams and a glass of Malvasia is an experience not to be rushed, or even ended.

From New York Times ● May 16, 2017

Malvasia Bianca is actually one of many grapes, not necessarily related, that go by the malvasia name.

From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2015

To wash down these good things there was stout red wine of Puglia and more delicate Malvasia, for in his provisioning of the fortress Gonzaga had contrived that, at least, they should not go thirsty.

From Love-at-Arms by Rafael Sabatini

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