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WINETASTERS CUP [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2006-03-18
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Wine Service
- Winemaking
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- tastevin
1, record 1, English, tastevin
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- winetaster's cup 1, record 1, English, winetaster%27s%20cup
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The flat silver cup that looks like a tiny ashtray, used ... to sample wine. (Aspler, Tony, Marie Jacques, The Wine Lover Dines, Scarborough, Prentice-Hall Canada Inc., 1986, p. 239) 1, record 1, English, - tastevin
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Silver tastevin displays wine's color most accurately. 1, record 1, English, - tastevin
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
The "caviste" withdrew a sample of one-year-old ... and released it into a little silver winetaster's cup. (Gillette, Paul, Peter A. Gillette, Playboy's Book of Wine, An Honest and Independent Guide to the Pleasant World of Wine, New-York, Playboy Press, 1964, p. 64) 1, record 1, English, - tastevin
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Service des vins
- Industrie vinicole
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- taste-vin
1, record 1, French, taste%2Dvin
correct, masculine noun, invariable
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- tâte-vin 1, record 1, French, t%C3%A2te%2Dvin
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Petite tasse d'argent [...] servant aux dégustateurs de vin. 1, record 1, French, - taste%2Dvin
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Vigneron [...] peut se livrer [...] aux joies de la dégustation et offrir à la ronde des «tassées» grâce à la petite tasse d'argent, le taste-vin, qu'il porte toujours dans sa poche. (Bell, Bibiane, Alexandre Dorozynski, Le livre du vin, Tous les vins du monde, Paris, Éditions des Deux Coqs d'Or, 1968, p. 94) 2, record 1, French, - taste%2Dvin
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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