| 单词 | pontac wine |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPontac wine In early use: a type of French red wine. Later: spec. a dark red wine similar to port, produced mainly in South Africa; (also) the distinctive red-fleshed variety of grape from which this wine is made. Also attributive in Pontac wine, Pontac grape.In early use the word may have referred to the sort of wines produced by the Pontac family in the Bordeaux region of France.The Pontac grape is thought to have originated in south-west France and to have been introduced to South Africa in the late 17th cent. It is now rarely grown. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > French wines > [noun] > other French wines osey1381 Rochellec1400 Gasconc1460 galliac1530 Orleans1536 Cognac wine1594 frontignac1629 Languedoc1666 Pontac1674 Sillery1680 braquet1753 frontignan1756 Roussillon1772 Sancerre1787 Alsace1793 Rivesaltes1807 Muscadet1825 Monbazillac1833 vin gris1833 pelure d'oignon1843 grenache1851 Masdeu1851 Vouvray1883 Saumur1888 quinquina1899 St. Raphael1899 Jurançon1920 Minervois1928 Riquewihr1938 blanc de blancs1952 Quincy1958 Tokay wine1959 Loire1974 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > wines of other regions > [noun] > South Africa Constantia1785 Pontac1812 South African1861 1674 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 4) To Rdr. sig. Aijv The Vintner will furnish you with..Alicant,..Pontac, Tent. 1681 A. Radcliffe Ovid Travestie (ed. 2) 18 Wine in abundance—I drank none but Sack, But all you Men did ply it with Pontack. 1714 B. Mandeville Fable Bees i. 90 Those that cannot purchase true Hermitage or Pontack, will be glad of more ordinary French Claret. 1795 C. R. Hopson tr. C. P. Thunberg Trav. (ed. 2) I. 202 The berries..had a sweet taste... Bruised and fermented, they yield a vinegar, like that made from Pontac. 1812 A. Plumptre tr. H. Lichtenstein Trav. S. Afr. I. 151 Du Toit gave us an excellent sort of wine, called here Pontac, a sweet deep-red wine. 1876 F. Boyle Savage Life 28 Before him..stood the filthiest of all glasses, containing a turgid compound of pontak wine. 1937 C. R. Prance Tante Rebella's Saga 213 The bottle of Pontac which she produced in default of tea. 1979 C. Pama Wine Estates S. Afr. 40 The two farms produced the famous red and white Constantia, natural sweet, muscadel wines, blended with Frontignac and Pontac wines. 1996 Off Licence News (Nexis) 10 Oct. 4 Some growers..plant Pontac, a red-skinned grape with red flesh... When they pick the Pontac grapes, they see the red juice on their hands. < as lemmas |
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