Grenache

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A specific, widely-planted variety of red wine grape, or a wine made from such grapes. countable, uncountable

    "A five-course pork dinner paired with grenache wines from several countries will be held on Monday […]."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of grenache. alt-of, countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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wine

Example

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"A five-course pork dinner paired with grenache wines from several countries will be held on Monday […]."

Etymology

From French grenache, from Italian vernaccia, from Vernazza, a town in Italy. Cognate to Catalan garnatxa, Spanish garnacha, Portuguese garnacha.

Related phrases

red wine

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