mavrodaphne
(mævrəʊˈdæfniː)
[mod.Gr., f. late Gr. µαῦρος dark (Gr. ἀµαυρός) + δάϕνη laurel.]
A dark-red sweet Greek wine made from the grape of the same name.
| 1911 in Webster. 1935 A. L. Simon Wines & Liqueurs from A to Z 36 Mavrodaphne, a sweet dessert wine from Patras (Greece). 1945 E. Waugh Brideshead Revisited i. ii. 52 Neither the mixture of wines, nor the Chartreuse, nor the Mavrodaphne Trifle..explains the distress of that hag-ridden night. 1958 R. Liddell Morea ii. ii. 52 The sweet wine, Mavrodaphne..reminds me too often of the Looking-glass precept: ‘Come fill up your glasses with treacle and ink.’ 1960 M. Stewart My Brother Michael vi. 82, I sipped the wine. It was dark as mavrodaphne. 1972 Times 10 June 9/1 Mavrodaphne, the only Greek wine apart from retsina to be well-known outside its homeland, comes from the Peloponnese. |