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Similar to the light wine of the Middle Ages that was exported to England, also called "vinum clarum" and "vin clar" or "bin clar", the name is the source of the English term claret, although that term does not refer to a clairet but to a red wine. [1] [2] The wine is bottled under the AOC of Bordeaux clairet.
That apostrophe you see on the O of Irish surnames is an Anglicization of a “síneadh fada,” an acute accent slanting to the right. A fada above a vowel means the vowel should be pronounced ...
Claret (color), a deep shade of red; Claret (surname) Claret Ash, a variety of tree; Claret School, Catholic all-boys schools named after Anthony Mary Claret; Claret Jug, a golf trophy; Operation Claret, a series of raids during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation; Australian & British slang for blood, such as from a sports injury
Claret-cup recipes from The Gentleman's Table Guide (1873). Claret cup is a type of wine cocktail that was popular in 19th-century western Europe and North America.The basic ingredients of claret cup are chilled claret or similar wine, carbonated water, sugar, and flavorings that supply a citrusy or herbal aroma.
Anthony Mary Claret, CMF (born Antoni Maria Claret i Clarà; [a] Spanish: Antonio María Claret y Clarà; December 23, 1807 – October 24, 1870) was a Spanish Catholic prelate and missionary who served as Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba and was the confessor of Isabella II of Spain.
The appellations of Graves are numbered 33–37 on the map. Graves ( French: [ɡʁav] , gravelly land ) is an important subregion of the Bordeaux wine region. Graves is situated on the left bank of the Garonne River, in the upstream part of the region, southeast of the city Bordeaux and stretches over 50 kilometres (31 mi). [ 1 ]
(December 2008) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the French article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate , is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy ...
A silver claret jug is a wine jug made of glass, typically with some silver, for claret, which is the British name for French red Bordeaux wine, and other wines, especially reds. Matured red wines, including claret, throw a deposit of sediment, and various methods and machines were designed to decant the wine into another container, leaving the ...