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Merlot (/ ˈ m ɜːr l oʊ / MUR-loh) is a dark blue–colored wine grape variety that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines. The name Merlot is thought to be a diminutive of merle, the French name for the blackbird, probably a reference to the color of the grape.
The region is known for its Merlot, which was introduced in the early 20th century. Geographically the wine region is located on the south side of the Alps and includes the canton of Ticino and the neighbouring district of Moesa ( Misox and Calanca valleys) in the canton of the Grisons , both areas being Italian -speaking.
Jeppson's Malört is an American brand of bäsk liqueur, a type of brännvin flavored with anise or wormwood.Malört was introduced in Chicago in the 1930s and was long produced by the Carl Jeppson Company.
Merlot blanc (French pronunciation: [mɛʁlo blɑ̃]) is a white French wine grape variety that came from a natural crossing of the Bordeaux wine grape Merlot and the Cognac grape Folle blanche. [1] The grape is distinct from Merlot gris which is a pink-skinned color mutation of the red wine grape Merlot and is sometimes used in vin gris and ...
The red grapes in the Bordeaux vineyard are Merlot (62% by area), Cabernet Sauvignon (25%), Cabernet Franc (12%) and a small amount of Petit Verdot, Malbec and Carménère (1% in total). The white grapes are Sémillon (54% by area), Sauvignon blanc (36%), Muscadelle (7%) and a small amount of Ugni blanc, Colombard and Folle blanche (3% in total ...
Merlot is the most widely planted grape in Pomerol. In the early 20th century, as Pomerol's transition to a red wine producing district was completed, Cabernet Franc was the dominant grape variety. However, an early spring frost in 1956 killed a large portion of the Cabernet Franc plantings and many estates took this event as an opportunity to ...
The vineyard of Pétrus covers 11.4 hectares (28 acres) and is located on a plateau in the eastern portion of Pomerol.. Located on top of a 20-hectare (49-acre) island mound, the Pétrus boutonnière or buttonhole, Pétrus' original vineyard possesses topsoil and subsoil high in iron-rich clay that differs from neighbouring vineyards, where the soil is a mixture of gravel-sand or clay-sand.
Merlot blanc, a separate grape variety Merlot, an open-source project on which the Xerlin open source XML editor is based MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching), a program of the California State University in partnership with higher education institutions, professional societies, and industry