Pineau

I too enjoy a bit of darts on the telly, sipping a moderately chilled pineau des charentes, with a mini-pack of dry-roasted, or perhaps a chocolate orange handy. ❋ Unknown (2010)

At his home there was invariably a surprise, maybe an unusual wine, maybe a liqueur, or, as in this case, a pineau from the Charentes, which a vineyard owner in Jonzac had sent him. ❋ Simenon, Georges, 1903- (1952)

The system of procedure is much the same as in the Champagne, and, as there, the wine is mainly the produce of the pineau noir and pineau blanc varieties of grape. ❋ Henry Vizetelly (1857)

The prevalent vines in the Würzburg district are the riesling, the traminer, the elbling, and the rulander, or pineau gris. ❋ Henry Vizetelly (1857)

The vine cultivated for the production of sparkling wines are chiefly the savagnin, or white pineau, the melon of Poligny, and the poulsard, a black variety of grape held locally in much esteem. ❋ Henry Vizetelly (1857)

In order that the wine may be pale in colour, the grapes, which, like those of the Champagne, are of the pineau variety, are pressed as soon as possible after the gathering; the pressure applied is, moreover, rapid and not too strong, and the must is separated forthwith from the skins and stalks. ❋ Henry Vizetelly (1857)

The Tonnerre vineyards are of high antiquity, and for sparkling wines the produce of the black and white pineau and the white morillon varieties of grape is had recourse to. ❋ Henry Vizetelly (1857)

The remaining species is a white grape known as the épinette, a variety of the pineau blanc, and supposed by some to be identical with the chardonnet of ❋ Henry Vizetelly (1857)

The first is the franc pineau, the plant doré of Ay, producing small round grapes, with thickish skins of a bluish black tint, and sweet and refined in flavour. ❋ Henry Vizetelly (1857)

The prevalent white grapes are the large and small pineau blanc, the bunches of the former being of an intermediate size, broad and pyramidal in shape, and with the berries close together. ❋ Henry Vizetelly (1857)

The produce of several other grapes, however, enters in a limited degree into the blend, including the riesling, the rulander or pineau gris, and the portuguese, the gathering of which is usually delayed several weeks later, and is sometimes even deferred until the end of November. ❋ Henry Vizetelly (1857)

As for the small pineau, the bunches are less compact, the berries are round and of a golden tint, are finer as well as sweeter in flavour, and ripen somewhat earlier than the fruit of the larger variety. ❋ Henry Vizetelly (1857)

White wine from the clevener grape, understood to be identical with the pineau noir of Burgundy and the Champagne, and vintaged early in ❋ Henry Vizetelly (1857)

Consider serving aperitif wines like vermouth, muscat or pineau des Charentes with ice. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They've made excellent selections in sauvignon blancs and pinot noirs, gewurtraminers and merlots, and even more obscure choices including great Loire oddballs like romorantin and pineau d'Aunis. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Jamie took the complex blend of gin, pineau de charentes and creme de violette and put the whole mixture into a carbonator and pumped the drink full of sparkling bubbles. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Tue-Boeuf Brin de Chevre 2005 -- $15.99 (rustic and I loved it, rare grape [menou pineau], nice finish) ❋ Unknown (2008)