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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.
A Charentais melon hybrid with somewhat netted skin, split in half. A Charentais melon is a type of French cantaloupe, Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis. It is a small variety of melon, around the size of a softball. It has flesh similar to most cantaloupes, but with a distinct and more intense aroma, and a more orangey hue.
Muscadet (UK: / ˈ m ʌ s k ə d eɪ, ˈ m ʊ s k-/ MU(U)SK-ə-day, US: / ˌ m ʌ s k ə ˈ d eɪ, ˌ m ʊ s k-/ MU(U)SK-ə-DAY, French: ⓘ) is a French white wine. It is made at the western end of the Loire Valley, near the city of Nantes in the Pays de la Loire region. It is made from the Melon de Bourgogne grape, often referred to simply as ...
They have a texture similar to that of marzipan, but with a fruitier, distinctly melon-like flavour. They are often almond-shaped and are typically about five centimeters (two inches) in length. Calissons are traditionally associated with the town of Aix-en-Provence, France, and most of the world's supply is still made in the Provence region.
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
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (French pronunciation: [buʁɡɔɲ fʁɑ̃ʃ kɔ̃te] ⓘ; lit. ' Burgundy-Free County ' , sometimes abbreviated BFC ; Arpitan : Borgogne-Franche-Comtât ) is a region in eastern France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté .
The BBC Pronunciation Unit, also known as the BBC Pronunciation Research Unit, is an arm of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) comprising linguists (phoneticians) whose role is "to research and advise on the pronunciation of any words, names or phrases in any language required by anyone in the BBC". [1]
All wine produced in the Côte Chalonnaise qualifies for the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) Bourgogne Côte Chalonnaise though it is more often declassified to the generic Bourgogne AOC because of the higher name recognition of the latter. [6] Sparkling wine made from the region is usually labeled as Crémant de Bourgogne. [5]