Sauvignon Blanc

[ soh-vin-yohn-blahngk; French soh-vee-nyawn-blahn ]

/ ˈsoʊ vɪnˌyõʊ̃ ˈblɑŋk; French soʊ vi nyɔ̃ ˈblɑ̃ /

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noun

a white grape grown primarily in France and California.

a white table wine made from this grape.

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Origin of Sauvignon Blanc

1940–45; <French: white Sauvignon

Words nearby Sauvignon Blanc

Sauternes, sautillé, sautoir, sauve qui peut, Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc, sav, Sava, savage, Savage Island, savagery

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How to use Sauvignon Blanc in a sentence

Vintages like a NZ Sauvignon Blanc or a dry rosé, are great examples.
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Once it's time to dig in, enjoy with a chilled Sauvignon Blanc served in a Hydro Flask Outdoor Tumbler.
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The Spring Bouquet pack includes Chardonnay, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Rosé, Merlot and Zinfandel sure to suit any dinner plan.
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If a Champagne is made only with the black grapes, it is called blanc de noirs, or “white from red.”
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So at the age of 21, Blanc channeled Chris McCandless from Into the Wild and dropped out.
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The only issue was whether “we can get [Blanc] calm and able to talk lol.”
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It was with this ammunition that Australians organized protests at events where Blanc was scheduled to appear.
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On the podcast, Blanc says he couch-surfed and lived in his car for several months.
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It was a corso blanc, and everyone wore white—chiefly modifications of Pierrot costume—and everyone was masked.
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A second version of the False Claimant story is found in Le cerf au pied blanc.
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Many people have found the last 1,000 feet of Mont Blanc more than they could accomplish.
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The Socialist party, led by Louis Blanc, agitated the country for reform.
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Thus I was enabled to ascertain with accuracy, that the latitude of the summit of Mont Blanc is 45 49 59 north.
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British Dictionary definitions for Sauvignon Blanc

Sauvignon Blanc

/ (ˈsəʊvɪnjɒn ˈblɒnk) /

noun

a white grape grown in the Bordeaux and Loire regions of France, New Zealand, and elsewhere, used for making wine

any of various white wines made from this grape

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