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
Wines from Vouvray in France’s Loire Valley do not always indicate their dryness level.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 1, 2021
You could drink a still Vouvray as well or a Savennières, both Loire Valley whites made with the chenin blanc grape.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2021
The French bureaucracy is making it difficult for producers in neighboring areas of Vouvray to use the Vouvray appellation, even if the grapes are from Vouvray.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2016
The village of Vouvray nestles, as it were, among the clefts and crannies of the crags, which begin to describe a bend at the junction of the Loire and Cise.
From A Woman of Thirty by Honoré de Balzac
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