Grenache


Gre·nache

G5273600 (grən-näsh′, grĕn-äsh′)n.1. A variety of grape grown in Spain and France that is used to make red wine.2. A medium-bodied red wine made from this grape.
[From French grenache, from Old French (vin) vernache, a variety of fine wine, from Old Italian vernaccia, originally a fine variety of Ligurian wine, later any of several fine Italian wines, from Vernaccia, variant of Vernazza, name of the coastal town in Liguria from which the wine was shipped.]

Grenache

(ɡrɪˈnɑːʃ) n (sometimes not capital) 1. (Brewing) a black grape originally grown in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France and now in other wine-producing areas2. (Brewing) any of various red wines made from this grape[French]