Crossword clues for liebfraumilch
The Collaborative International Dictionary
liebfraumilch \liebfraumilch\ n. [From the liebfrauenstift, a
convent in Worms where the wine was first made.
--RHUD]
A white Rhenish-type wine produced especially in Hesse in
western Germany.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
German white wine, 1833, from German, literally "milk of Our Lady."
WordNet
n. a sweetened Rhenish wine (especially one from Hesse in western Germany)
Wikipedia
Liebfraumilch or Liebfrau(en)milch (, in reference to the Virgin Mary) is a style of semi-sweet white German wine which may be produced, mostly for export, in the regions Rheinhessen, Palatinate, Rheingau and Nahe. The original German spelling of the word is Liebfrauenmilch, given to the wine produced from the vineyards of the Liebfrauenkirche or "Church of Our Lady" in the Rhineland-Palatinate city of Worms since the eighteenth century. The spelling Liebfraumilch is more common on labels of exported wine.
The generic label Liebfraumilch is typically used to market vintages from anywhere in the most of the major wine growing areas of Germany, the notable exception being the Mosel. Wine with very similar characteristics but made from higher quality grapes can be labeled as Spätlese or Auslese. In the U.S. and the UK, perhaps the best known example has been Blue Nun, which no longer uses the Liebfraumilch designation.
While the term Liebfraumilch is associated with low quality wine, German wine classification requires it to be at the Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete (QbA) level—the third rank of four. It must also be from Rheinhessen, Pfalz, Nahe or Rheingau, the grapes used must be at least 70% Riesling, Silvaner or Müller-Thurgau, and it must have residual sugar.
Usage examples of "liebfraumilch".
They were drinking Blue Nun Liebfraumilch and a Chinese buffet, brought in by three bland waiters, lay spread on a slightly damp tablecloth.
I have to say that Liebfraumilch from the Co-op might make anyone frigid.
You drank cheap Liebfraumilch in plastic cups, calling it cocktails, and carved off hunks of Cheddar cheese with a Swiss Army knife.
An ice bucket is fetched, containing a bottle of three-buck Liebfraumilch, the best they can offer, and my father pays for it with a brand-new fifty.
A bottle of Liebfraumilch, chilled and beaded with perspiration, was lurking inside there, too, along with a tin of p5t6.
One of them, jacket off and sleeves rolled up, was pretending to sing, using a Liebfraumilch bottle as a microphone.
Simon suggested a bottle of Liebfraumilch, and it was brought at once.
Hamburgers, medium-rare, from the charcoal grill, french-fried potatoes, broccoli, mixed salad with thousand-island dressing, icecream with melted butterscotch and as good a Liebfraumilch as you can get in America.
Liebfraumilch, Lacrima Christi, Piper Heidsieck you name it, I've swilled it.