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A Liqueur Muscat (or, to give it its correct name, Muscat) is a fortified wine made in Australia from the Muscat à Petits Grains Rouge (known locally as Brown Muscat). The wine is sweet, dark, highly alcoholic Australian wine that has some similarities to Madeira and Malaga. The grape is most commonly produced in Victoria in the wine regions ...
On June 6, 1944, the world was forever changed. World War II had already been raging around the globe for four years when the planning for Operation Neptune -- what we now know as "D-Day" -- began ...
The Beaches of the D-Day Landings. Rennes: Editions Quest-France. ISBN 978-2-7373-2388-1. Long, Gavin (1973). The Six Years War: A Concise History of Australia in the 1939–1945 War. Canberra: The Australian War Memorial and the Australian Government Printing Service. ISBN 0-642-99375-0. Office of Australian War Graves (2003).
As a result, the label “muscatel” became associated in the U.S. with inferior-quality wine, so that today in that country, fine wines made from superior strains of muscat grapes tend not to be called “muscatel.” [1] However, outside the U.S., “muscatel” (sometimes spelled “moscatel”) refers to the full range of wines made with ...
American and Allied forces prepare for landing on Normandy beaches in France on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy in northern France on June 6, ...
In Australia, the grape is used principally to increase the alcohol content in both white and red wines in a cool season, in wines sold as "Moscato", and in cheap bladder pack wines. In Portugal , Vinho Moscatel (Moscatel Wine) is a sweet wine widely produced in the Setúbal Peninsula region, just south of Lisbon , as well as in Favaios ...
The Dentelles in the background to a sign touting the Côte du Rhône-Villages wines of Beaumes de Venise. In 1248, St. Louis is claimed to have taken supplies of the local wine with him on his 7th Crusade, and during the early 14th century, at the time of the reign of Pope Clement V, production was increased by 70 hectares to cater for the demand from the Popes' Palace in Avignon.
Tin Can Bay Road is a continuous 56.1 kilometres (34.9 mi) road route in the Gympie region of Queensland, Australia.Part of it is signed as State Route 15. It is a state-controlled road (number 143), part regional and part district, with the district section rated as a local road of regional significance (LRRS).