nebbiolo
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See also: Nebbiolo
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]nebbiolo (usually uncountable, plural nebbiolos)
- Alternative letter-case form of Nebbiolo.
Italian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From nebbia (“fog”) + -olo, because the grapes seem to be covered with fog. Cognate with Piedmontese nebieul.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nebbiolo m (plural nebbioli)
- (usually uncountable) Nebbiolo (grape variety)
- 1836, Rocco Ragazzoni, Repertorio d’Agricoltura e di Scienze Economiche ed Industriali, volume 3, page 273:
- Il nebbiolo continua a cuoprire i vigneti in tutto il resto del Canavesano, […]
- The nebbiolo continues to cover the vineyards in all the rest of Canavese, […]
- 2011, Federico Oldenburg, translated by Luisa Cortese, Il Profumo del Vino, Planeta:
- L’uva, naturalmente, è la stessa: la singolare nebbiolo.
- The grape, naturally, is the same: the unique nebbiolo.
- (usually uncountable) Nebbiolo (red wine made from Nebbiolo grapes)
- 2007, Giorgio Bocca, Il Provinciale: Settant’anni di vita italiana, Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, page 289:
- “Dove hai preso questo Nebbiolo?”. “Non è Nebbiolo,” dice Angelo, “è Cabernet Sauvignon.”
- “Where did you get this Nebbiolo?”. “It’s not nebbiolo, said Angelo, “it is Cabernet Sauvignon.”
Further reading
[edit]- Nebbiolo grapes on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
- Nebbiolo wine on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
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