Friuli-Venezia Giulia love

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A region of northeast Italy bounded by Austria in the north and Slovenia in the east. It was formed in 1947.

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  • proper noun A region of northern Italy.

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  • noun a region in northeastern Italy

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Examples

  • Grignolino d'Asti, Lagrein, Lacrima di Morro d'Alba, Falanghina di Sannio, Refosco (not your common or garden Refosco from any old bit of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, though – I'd prefer a Refosco del Peduncolo Rosso from the Lison Pramaggiore sub-DOC, if you don't mind).

    Italian Lessons 2009

  • Turns out Cabernet Franc is popular in the Veneto--and in nearby Friuli-Venezia Giulia, too.

    Archive 2009-02-01 2009

  • I picked up a bottle of 2005 Blason Cabernet Franc from Friuli-Venezia Giulia at K&L a while back.

    An Unexpected Red from the Veneto 2009

  • Grignolino d'Asti, Lagrein, Lacrima di Morro d'Alba, Falanghina di Sannio, Refosco (not your common or garden Refosco from any old bit of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, though – I'd prefer a Refosco del Peduncolo Rosso from the Lison Pramaggiore sub-DOC, if you don't mind).

    Italian Lessons 2009

  • Then we have Friuli-Venezia Giulia here next to Slovenia in Northeast Italy.

    CNN Transcript Dec 15, 2009 2009

  • Turns out Cabernet Franc is popular in the Veneto--and in nearby Friuli-Venezia Giulia, too.

    An Unexpected Red from the Veneto 2009

  • For those of you wondering where Friuli-Venezia Giulia IS, it's a north-eastern Italian wine region sandwiched between Slovenia and the Veneto.

    Archive 2008-01-01 2008

  • First, Jack and Joanne from Fork and Bottle, have posted the impressive round-up of tasting notes from WBW #41, which focused on the whites of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

    Archive 2008-01-01 2008

  • The white wines of Friuli-Venezia Giulia can fall in either side of this divide, and be arranged at various points on the spectrum in between.

    Archive 2008-01-01 2008

  • The drawing will go on show as part of an exhibition entitled Genesis - The Mystery of Origins in the town of Illegio, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, from May 11 until October 5

    Michelangelo sketches of Sistine Chapel to be displayed in Italy 2008

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