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Sauterne

American  
[soh-turn, saw-] / soʊˈtɜrn, sɔ- /

noun

(sometimes lowercase)
  1. a semisweet white wine of California, commonly sold as a jug wine.


Etymology

Origin of Sauterne

see origin at Sauternes


Example Sentences

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Pinot rather than Chablis or Burgundy, Semillon rather than Sauterne.

From Time Magazine Archive

The daily specials include such haute dogs as foie gras and Sauterne duck sausage with truffle sauce and goat's cheese.

From Time Magazine Archive

There are other good crops made in the same parishes of Sauterne, Prignac, and Barsac; but none as good as these.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph

This request invariably resulted in an elaborate Sunday dinner, capped with a couple of bottles of Haut Sauterne in which Mr. Martel took the precaution of drinking everybody's health twice over.

From Quin by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice

This Sauterne was by some, Monsieur Paul smilingly explained, considered as among the real treasures of the inn.

From In and out of Three Normady Inns by Anna Bowman Dodd

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