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‖ tastevin|tastəvɛ̃, tat-|
[An earlier form of mod.Fr. tâte-vin, lit. ‘wine-taster’, revived as in the title of the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin (founded 1933).]
1. a. = taster1 3 a. b. (With capital initial.) In France, a member of an order or guild of wine-tasters.
1952A. Lichine Wines of France viii. 79 Most tasters use the tastevin in Burgundy. 1966P. V. Price France: Food & Wine Guide 147 The three top sketches show a Burgundy tastevin, with irregularly patterned indentations and a thumb-rest. 1969Dorozynski & Bell Wine Bk. 280 Wine-tasting orders, associations, fraternities and clubs are born almost every year... The Tastevins de Bourgogne..are among the best known in France. 1971Esquire July 22/4 The enthronement of the Tastevins takes place in nearby Clos de Vougeot. 1979Homes & Gardens June 129/1 We moved on to the splendid Beaune Boucherottes, its dusky red lights twinkling in the tiny silver tastevin that Andre always uses to assess colour.
2. attrib. (in sense 1 b), signifying approval by a special committee of wine-tasters.
1964H. Johnson Encycl. Wine 290 System of labelling certain Burgundy wines... Upon payment of a certain sum per bottle, these wines may carry a special, rather elaborate Tastevin label. 1968Times 3 Sept. 20/5 An invitation to attend the Tastevin banquet at the Château Clos de Vougeot. 1977W. M. Spackman Armful of Warm Girl 109 This was a Tastevin bottling which he'd never found before outside of France. |