Meaning of mavrodaphne | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A dark sweet Greek red wine.
   uncountable, usually
2. A variety of grape native to Achaea, northern Peloponnese, Greece, from which the wine is made.
   uncountable, usually

Examples

“SALTSA MAVRODAPHNI [Sweet mavrodaphne wine sauce] A wonderful use of the superb mavrodaphne wine, very new, very Athenian.”

“Silently, in the widow's position of honor at the head of the table, she picked at her whitefish and drank her glass of Mavrodaphne, but her thoughts were as obscured to me as her face behind her black veil.”

“He^([Gustav Clauss]) established vineyards in the area, using local grapes, especially the “black grape of Dafne,” mavrodaphne. He created the sweet style of mavrodaphne known today.”

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