Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Melon de Bourgogne grapes during flowering. Melon de Bourgogne (French pronunciation: [məlɔ̃ də buʁɡɔɲ]) or Melon (ⓘ) is a variety of white grape grown primarily in the Loire Valley region of France. It is also grown in North America. It is best known through its use in the white wine Muscadet.
It is made from the Melon de Bourgogne grape, often referred to simply as melon. While most appellation d'origine contrôlée wines are named after their growing region, or in Alsace after their variety , the name Muscadet refers to an alleged characteristic of the wine produced by the melon grape variety: vin qui a un goût musqué (wine with ...
Despite the inference of "Muskiness" in its name, Muscadet is a neutral flavor wine and the Melon de Bourgogne grape has no relation to the Muscat family of grapes. [11] The area's four appellation all produces white wine made from the Melon de Bourgogne grape. [5] The appellations are- Muscadet-Sèvre et Maine; Muscadet-Côtes de Grand Lieu
Melon (apple), a dessert apple; Melon (cetacean), a mass of adipose tissue in the forehead of toothed whales; Melon (chemistry), a polymeric derivative of heptazine; Melon de Bourgogne, or Melon, a white grape variety; Melon Bicycles, a folding bicycle manufacturer "Melon", a spoken word piece from Ten in the Swear Jar's Accordion Solo!, 2005
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate
Beaujolais (/ ˌ b oʊ ʒ ə ˈ l eɪ / BOH-zhə-LAY, French: ⓘ) is a French Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) wine in the Burgundy region. Beaujolais wines are generally made of the Gamay grape, which has a thin skin and is low in tannin, but like most AOC wines they are not labeled varietally.
Coteaux Bourguignons is an Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) for white, red and rosé wine from the region of Burgundy in France. In late 2011, it replaced the earlier appellation Bourgogne Grand Ordinaire. [1] The name Coteaux Bourguignons translates as "Burgundian hills".
French ship Bourgogne (1767), a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy; French ship Duc de Bourgogne (1752), an 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy; SS La Bourgogne, a French ocean liner, which sank in 1898; French submarine Casabianca (S603), formerly the Bourgogne