Montefiascone

American  

[mawn-te-fyahs-kaw-ne] / ˌmɔn tɛ fyɑsˈkɔ nɛ /

noun

1. a town in central Italy: wine-growing area.

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Example Sentences

There is another town near here, Montefiascone, where they make the best wine in the world.

From The Saracen: Land of the Infidel by Shea, Robert

The servant, on arrival at Montefiascone, was highly pleased with the flavour of the wine, of which there were three casks at the inn where they put up.

From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Frye, Major W. E

The finest Orvieto, or that famous wine, the Est Est Est of Montefiascone, is vulgar in comparison.

From The Marble Faun - Volume 2 The Romance of Monte Beni by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Guido the anti-pope died, and Giovanni of Fermo was appointed in his stead, who, being favored by the imperialists, lived at Montefiascone.

From History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy by Machiavelli, Niccolò

He himself had proposed to take the road to Montefiascone, along which he had heard there was a particularly impressive view of Orvieto.

From The Saracen: Land of the Infidel by Shea, Robert