单词 | constantia |
释义 | Constantian. Originally: wine produced on the Constantia farm near Cape Town. Now more generally: any of several sweet dessert wines produced in the Constantia valley. Also attributive, esp. as Constantia wine. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > wines of other regions > [noun] > South Africa Constantia1785 Pontac1812 South African1861 1772 J. R. Forster tr. L.-A. de Bougainville Voy. round World 460 Nearly half way between them both is the district of Constantia, which produces the famous wine of that name.] 1785 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope I. ii. 41 The genuine Constantia wine is undeniably a very racy and delicate desert wine. 1797 T. Holcroft tr. F. L. Stolberg Trav. (ed. 2) III. lxxxiv. 351 Red Cape wine..of the best kind, called Constantia. c1798 A. Barnard Jrnl. in A. W. C. Lindsay Lives of Lindsays (1849) III. 402 To..taste of the admirable Constantia grape. 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility II. viii. 142 I have some of the finest old Constantia wine..that ever was tasted. View more context for this quotation 1845 E. Acton Mod. Cookery xx. 521 Constantia Jelly. Infuse in a pint of water..the rind of half a Seville orange,.. an ounce of isinglass;..sugar..then..four large wineglassesful of Constantia. 1869 M. E. Braddon Lady's Mile ii. 15 She sold the lease, and the furniture, and the very curious old ports, and constantias, and Madeiras. 1910 D. Fairbridge That which hath Been xxvi. 319 The door of the room opened at this moment to admit several slaves, carrying trays laden with glass bokaals and flagons of Constantia wine. 1933 H. Allen Anthony Adverse II. vi. xl. 577 It had taken several glasses of Constantia to effect that. 1950 M. Masson Birds of Passage 67 Greater quantities of wine had been exported to Europe, where there was a cult for Constantia wines. 1979 Daily Dispatch (East London, S. Afr.) 10 Mar. 7 A half bottle of Constantia white dating back to 1791 was bought for R 2 500. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1785 |
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