单词 | rioja |
释义 | Riojan. I. Compounds. 1. attributive. Designating wine (esp. red wine) produced in the region of La Rioja in northern Spain. Esp. in Rioja wine. ΚΠ a1611 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Celestine (1972) 213 As for wine, I wanted none: the best was euer sente me, as your Monviedro, which is your rich Rioxa wine, your wine of Corsica, Raspis, Elegant Muscadine. 1841 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 89/1 Few travellers pass without draining a cup of the excellent Rioja wine that is found within. 1894 C. A. Wetmore Treat. Wine Prod. 14 The Rioja wines are made from Medoc varieties of grapes. 1961 Woman's Jrnl. Sept. 31/2 The robust Spanish Chablis, the Rioja Burgundy, and the Portuguese Vila Real. 1981 N.Y. Times 13 May c18/3 Most Rioja reds display the oaky flavor of the American barrel in which they are aged. 2008 Oxf. Wine Company Mag. Summer 15/1 Rioja wines are normally a blend of various grape varieties, and can be either red (tinto), white (blanco) or rosé (rosado). II. Simple uses. 2. A type of wine (esp. a red wine) produced in the region of La Rioja in northern Spain; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > Spanish wines > [noun] Alicantc1500 tent1542 hollock1576 tinto1599 Malaga1608 sherry1608 Peter-see-me1617 arrope1622 steelback1633 Peter1679 mountain wine1700 mountain Malaga1705 mountain1710 benecarlo1734 Pedro Ximenez1801 Algarbe1823 Valdepeñas1832 Rioja1863 Tarragona1888 margarita1903 rosado1956 Albariño1972 Spanish1977 cava1978 Tempranillo1989 1863 T. G. Shaw Wine, Vine, & Cellar 424 Wine Rioxa, Country Spain, Quality, fine, ordinary. 1879 Times 15 Mar. 4/6 Bordeaux merchants..endeavour to give body and substance to their thin liquid by the admixture of Val de Peñas, Rioja, and other Spanish and Portuguese ordinary wines. 1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 96/1 Claret,..Rioja (Spanish), per dozen flagons 21/9. 1920 G. Saintsbury Notes on Cellar-bk. ii. 18 Other light Spanish wines of this class (of the Riojas, etc., we may speak separately) are excellent. 1951 R. Postgate Plain Man's Guide to Wine vii. 108 Of table wines which a foreigner may be offered, Rioja (‘J’ pronounced as ‘H’) is..a full, strong wine produced in the north, mostly red and with a heavy plush-like flavour. 1965 G. Household Olura 157 Allarte's capacity for red Rioja, anchovies and bread was astonishing. 2005 J. Martyn Ringfort to Runway i. v. 78 We sat down to..a bottle of Spanish Rioja in my honour when Jimmy arrived. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1611 |
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