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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.
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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
For example, you may pronounce cot and caught, do and dew, or marry and merry the same. This often happens because of dialect variation (see our articles English phonology and International Phonetic Alphabet chart for English dialects). If this is the case, you will pronounce those symbols the same for other words as well. [1]
Wine dregs, or dregs of wine, is a deep tone of the color wine. It refers to the color of the lees of wine which settle at the bottom of a wine vessel. The first recorded use of wine dregs as a color name in English was in 1924. [8] This color and old gold are the official colors of the Phi Delta Chi and Delta Psi fraternities.
Although many people, including many wine experts, have a tendency to Frenchify the word "Meritage" by pronouncing its last syllable with a "zh" sound, as in the U.S. pronunciation of "garage", the Meritage Alliance specifically states that the word should be pronounced to rhyme with "heritage". [8] Meritage should be pronounced / ˈ m ɛr ɪ t ...
Clairette de Die (French pronunciation: [klɛʁɛt də di]) AOC is a natural sparkling white wine from the Rhône Valley region in France.It is made from the Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains (75% minimum) and Clairette (25% maximum) grape varieties. [1]
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