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‖ Vidonia|vɪˈdəʊnɪə|
[Of doubtful origin: (see quot. 1833).]
A dry white wine made in the Canary Islands. Also attrib.
1723Lond. Gaz. No. 6173/3, 31 Pipes..of..White Vidonia Madera Wine. 1816Accum Chem. Tests (1818) 191 Various wines or spirituous liquors:..Vidonia. 1833C. Redding Hist. Mod. Wines (1851) 210 What is called Vidonia is properly the dry Canary wine, of a good body... Perhaps it was so called because it is derived from the vidogna grape, or is a corruption of Verdona. Ibid. 211 At Canary both Malmsey and Vidonia are grown. 1876Encycl. Brit. IV. 797/1 (Canary Islands), None, however, is considered as good as the wine of Madeira. The most esteemed kind is sent to England under the name of Vidonia. |