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Neuchâtel|nøʃɑtɛl|
The name of a town and a canton in western Switzerland, used attrib. or absol. to designate the white wine, or the less common red one, made there.
1903S. Weyman Long Night i. 8 The landlord..vanished, to return..with four tall glasses and a flask of Neuchatel. 1967A. Lichine Encycl. Wines & Spirits 516/1 The Neuchâtel white wines, grown in a chalky soil, are light and sprightly. Ibid. 516/2 Neuchâtel is the most widely exported wine of Switzerland. 1969N. Denny tr. Veraldi's Spies of Good Intent viii. 114 My brother's a wine-grower and he keeps the best of his Neutchatel [sic] for me. |