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Mavrodafni (also spelled Mavrodaphne) is both a dark wine grape, which is indigenous to the Achaia region in Northern Peloponnese, Greece, and the sweet, fortified wine produced from it. A glass of red wine This article is about the alcoholic beverage. ...
Species Vitis acerifolia Vitis aestivalis Vitis amurensis Vitis arizonica Vitis x bourquina Vitis californica Vitis x champinii Vitis cinerea Vitis x doaniana Vitis girdiana Vitis labrusca Vitis x labruscana Vitis lincecumii Vitis monticola Vitis mustangensis Vitis x novae-angliae Vitis palmata Vitis riparia Vitis rotundifolia Vitis rupestris Vitis shuttleworthii Vitis...
This article is about the modern Greek district Achaea. ...
The Peloponnese or Peloponnesus (Greek: Πελοπόννησος Peloponnesos; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a large peninsula in southern Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Gulf of Corinth. ...
A fortified wine is a wine to which additional alcohol has been added, most commonly in the form of brandy (a spirit distilled from wine). ...
History
 Achaia Clauss, the Imperial cellar The principal producer of Mavrodafni wine is Achaia-Clauss, a winery founded by the Bavarian Gustav Clauss. Clauss came to Patras in 1854 as a black currant merchant. Enamoured by the physical beauty of the surrounding mountains, he bought a small plot and embarked on viticulture as a hobby. Soon he focused on a local variety, Mavrodafni, which he started vinifying using the solera method. Pleased with the results, he formed his wine company in 1861. At the same time, Clauss expanded the vineyard and built the winery, which is still used today. Image File history File links Achaia_vat. ...
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Achaia Clauss is a venerable Greek winery located in Patras, Peloponnese. ...
The geographic region and Free State of Bavaria (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ...
Coordinates 38°15′ N 21°44′ E Country Greece Periphery West Greece Prefecture Achaea Province Greece Population 161,114 (2001 [1]) Area 125. ...
1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Binomial name Ribes nigrum L. The blackcurrant is a temperate shrub which produces small edible berries with a high natural vitamin C content, which are very dark purple/blue in colour—almost black—hence the name. ...
Sherry solera A solera is a series of barrels or other containers used for aging liquids such as Sherry, Madeira, Marsala, Mavrodafni (a Greek dark red fortified dessert wine), Muscat, Muscadelle and Balsamic vinegar. ...
1861 (MDCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar) // January 1 - Benito Juárez captures Mexico City January 2 - Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies and is succeeded by...
The origin of the grape's name is unclear: it translates as Black Laurel, but legend has it that Clauss had fallen in love with a local girl named Daphne, and named his prime product after her.
Winemaking process Mavrodafni is initially vinified in large vats exposed to the sun. Once the wine reaches a certain level of maturity, fermentation is stopped. Then the Mavrodafni distillate and the wine, still containing residual sugar, is transferred to the underground cellars to complete its maturation. There it is "educated" by contact with older wine using the solera method of serial transfusions.
Once aged, the dark purplish brown wine is bottled and sold as a dessert wine under the Mavrodafni OPAP designation. Protected designation of origin (PDO), protected geographical indication (PGI) and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG) are geographical indications defined in European Union Law to protect regional foods. ...
As a wine
 Achaia Clauss, the "Danielis" cellar Mavrodafni presents aromas and flavors of caramel, chocolate, coffee, raisins and plums, and is one of the few wines that can accompany chocolate-based desserts. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 2166 KB) Summary The Achaia Clauss winery near Patras. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 2166 KB) Summary The Achaia Clauss winery near Patras. ...
Batches of superior quality are bottled, less than once a decade on average, and sold as Mavrodafni Reserve. A certain quantity of these top "vintages" (a misnomer as solera wines do not have vintages as such) is retained by the winery and transferred to two room-sized, elaborately-carved 1882 casks named the George I and the Count Bismark (after two illustrious visitors to the winery that year). Wine from these casks is only bottled a few times a century, as Mavrodafni Grande Reserve. The majority of these Grande Reserve bottlings are bought by the Greek government, to be used in entertaining foreign dignitaries during state occasions. Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ...
George I, King of the Hellenes (Greek: ΓεώÏγιος A, ΒασιλεÏÏ‚ των Ελλήνων) (December 24, 1845 – March 18, 1913) was King of the Hellenes (Greece) from 1863 to 1913. ...
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Politics of Greece takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Greece is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. ...
The castle-like Achaia-Clauss winery is a popular tourist attraction, hosting about 200,000 visitors a year. Its guestbook includes celebrities such as Franz Liszt, Eugene O'Neill, Field Marshal Montgomery, Neil Armstrong, Margaret Thatcher, and Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. Franz Liszt (Hungarian: Liszt Ferenc) (October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886) was a Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer of the Romantic period. ...
Eugene Gladstone ONeill (October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953) was a Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright. ...
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Valéry Marie René Giscard dEstaing [IPA: vɑleʀi mɑʀi ʀəne ʒiskɑʀ dɛstɛ̃] (born 2 February 1926 in Koblenz, Germany) is a French center-right politician who was President of the French Republic from 1974 until 1981. ...
Use in Holy Communion Mavrodafni is often used in the Greek Orthodox Church in Holy Communion. Greek Orthodox Church can refer to any of several hierarchical churches within the larger group of mutually recognizing Eastern Orthodox churches: the Orthodox Church of Constantinople, headed by the Patriarch of Constantinople, who is also the first among equals of the Eastern Orthodox Communion. ...
The Eucharist is either the Christian sacrament of consecrated bread and wine or the ritual surrounding it. ...
Trivia - Mavrodaphne is the alcoholic beverage, mostly enjoyed by thousands of revelers and visitors in the Carnival of Patras, the most exciting celebration of its kind in Greece.
- Achaia Clauss claims that the heavenly taste of Mavrodaphne was the reason why the austere German Field Marshal von Moltke laughed for a third time in his life right after he was offered a glass of it, the other two being when he was told that a French fortress was impregnable and when he learned that his mother in law was dead. To honor this alleged incident, but perhaps because of patriotic sympathy Clauss dedicated one of his barrels, still visible today, to the Field Marshal.
Patras Carnival the float of the queen of Carnival Main article: Patras The Patras Carnival is the largest event of its kind in Greece and one of the biggest in Europe. ...
Generalfeldmarschall Helmuth, Graf von Moltke (known as Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke before 1870) (October 26, 1800 – April 24, 1891), was a German Field Marshal, thirty years chief of the staff of the Prussian army, widely regarded as one of the great strategists of the latter half of the 1800s...
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