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Muscatel   Listen
noun
Muscatel  n.  
1.
A common name for several varieties of rich sweet wine, made in Italy, Spain, and France.
2.
pl. Finest raisins, dried on the vine; "sun raisins." (Variously written moscatel, muscadel, etc)





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"Muscatel" Quotes from Famous Books



... is the escutcheon of the town. This Moor wears a red fez, and his features are painted black (this is de rigueur, for "Saracens "); he bears the legend Vivit sub arbore morus. Near at hand, too, lies the prosperous village Saracena, celebrated of old for its muscatel wines. They are made from the grape which the Saracens brought over from Maskat, and planted all over Sicily. [Footnote: See ...
— Old Calabria • Norman Douglas


Words linked to "Muscatel" :   fortified wine, vinifera grape, muscat, muscadelle


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