单词 | tastevin |
释义 | tastevinn. 1. = taster n.1 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > wine-making > [noun] > testing > instruments for testing taster1420 cup of assayc1530 wine-piercerc1828 wine-taster1858 vinometer1863 tastevin1952 1952 A. Lichine Wines of France viii. 79 Most tasters use the tastevin in Burgundy. 1966 P. V. Price France: Food & Wine Guide 147 The three top sketches show a Burgundy tastevin, with irregularly patterned indentations and a thumb-rest. 1979 Homes & Gardens June 129/1 We moved on to the splendid Beaune Boucherottes, its dusky red lights twinkling in the tiny silver tastevin that Andre always uses to assess colour. 2. (With capital initial.) In France, a member of an order or guild of wine-tasters. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > wine-making > [noun] > testing > sampler or bottler wine-taster1632 wine-cooper1635 tastevin1969 1969 Dorozynski & Bell Wine Bk. 280 Wine-tasting orders, associations, fraternities and clubs are born almost every year... The Tastevins de Bourgogne..are among the best known in France. 1971 Esquire July 22/4 The enthronement of the Tastevins takes place in nearby Clos de Vougeot. Compounds attributive (in sense 2), signifying approval by a special committee of wine-tasters. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > wine-making > [adjective] > approved by tasters tastevin1964 1964 H. Johnson Encycl. Wine 290 System of labelling certain Burgundy wines... Upon payment of a certain sum per bottle, these wines may carry a special, rather elaborate Tastevin label. 1968 Times 3 Sept. 20/5 An invitation to attend the Tastevin banquet at the Château Clos de Vougeot. 1978 W. M. Spackman Armful of Warm Girl 109 This was a Tastevin bottling which he'd never found before outside of France. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1952 |
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