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Used to make malmsey wine
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malvasia
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n. A variety of grape, originally from the region of the Aegean, now used to make malmsey wine
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n. used to make malmsey wine
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malvasia \malvasia\ n. A sweet grape used to make malmsey wine.
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Malvasia (, also known as Malvazia ) is a group of wine grape varieties grown historically in the Mediterranean region , Balearic islands , Canary Islands and the island of Madeira , but now grown in many of the winemaking regions of the world. In the past, ...
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Malvesie or Malmesy wine derived its name from Malvasia, a region of the Morea near Cape Malea, where it was made, as it also was on Chios and some other Greek islands.
He wrested from the Franks several of the noblest islands of the Archipelago, Lesbos, Chios, and Rhodes: his brother Constantine was sent to command in Malvasia and Sparta.