Vouvray
Americannoun
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a town in W central France, E of Tours.
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a medium dry, white wine of this region.
noun
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To close, we have a chenin blanc from Vouvray in the Loire Valley; autumn fruit in a glass.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2021
Even more discerning wine consumers tend to think of varietal whites, whether the rieslings of Germany, the chardonnays of Burgundy or the chenin blancs of Vouvray.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2021
It comes from the Vouvray region of France, and it’s made with the local white grape, chenin blanc.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2020
“Are you sure we’re going the right way?” asked my sister as we zigzagged our way amid curvy green hills around Vouvray, just east of Tours.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 14, 2016
A whole population of vine-dressers lives, in fact, in appalling insecurity in holes in their jagged sides for the whole way between Vouvray and Tours.
From A Woman of Thirty by Honoré de Balzac
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