Valpolicella

[ val-poh-li-chel-uh; Italian vahl-paw-lee-chel-lah ]

noun

1. a dry, red table wine from the Veneto region of northern Italy.

Valpolicella

/ ˌvælpɒlɪˈtʃɛlə; valpoliˈtʃɛlla /

noun

1. a dry red table wine from the Veneto region of NE Italy

Word History and Origins

Origin of Valpolicella¹

First recorded in 1940–45; after Valpolicella, an area of alluvium-filled valleys NW of Verona, where the wine is produced

Word History and Origins

Origin of Valpolicella¹

C20: named after a valley where it is produced

Example Sentences

The work is so far inferior to the ciborium at Valpolicella, that it would seem to be, as Cattaneo remarks, by an earlier hand.

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