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Vouvray

[ voov-rey; French voo-vre ]

noun

  1. a town in W central France, E of Tours.
  2. a medium dry, white wine of this region.


Vouvray

/ ˈvuːvreɪ; vuvrɛ /

noun

  1. a dry white wine, which can be still, sparkling, or semisparkling, produced around Touraine in the Loire Valley


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Vouvray is a trim little place, clustered round about with numerous pleasant villas in the midst of charming gardens.

We had met at the little inn the same welcome, the same excellent cuisine, the same agreeable Vouvray mousseux.

As they passed Vouvray the young man exclaimed, "What a fine site!"

We were very comfortable, very genial; we even went so far as to say to each other that Vouvray mousseux was a delightful wine.

It will always be bright and rather dry like Vouvray, gay but with a little bite in it: posterity may even call it "curious."

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