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mavrodaphne|mævrəʊˈdæfniː|
[mod.Gr., f. late Gr. µαῦρος dark (Gr. ἀµαυρός) + δάϕνη laurel.]
A dark-red sweet Greek wine made from the grape of the same name.
1911in Webster. 1935A. L. Simon Wines & Liqueurs from A to Z 36 Mavrodaphne, a sweet dessert wine from Patras (Greece). 1945E. Waugh Brideshead Revisited i. ii. 52 Neither the mixture of wines, nor the Chartreuse, nor the Mavrodaphne Trifle..explains the distress of that hag-ridden night. 1958R. Liddell Morea ii. ii. 52 The sweet wine, Mavrodaphne..reminds me too often of the Looking-glass precept: ‘Come fill up your glasses with treacle and ink.’ 1960M. Stewart My Brother Michael vi. 82, I sipped the wine. It was dark as mavrodaphne. 1972Times 10 June 9/1 Mavrodaphne, the only Greek wine apart from retsina to be well-known outside its homeland, comes from the Peloponnese. |