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Orvieto

[ awr-vee-ey-toh, -et-oh; Italian awr-vye-taw ]

noun

  1. a white wine, from dry to sweet, from Umbria, Italy.


Orvieto

/ ǰˈɛːٴ /

noun

  1. a market town in central Italy, in Umbria: Etruscan remains. Pop: 20 705 (2001) Latin nameUrbs Vetusˈʊəbz ˈviːtəs
  2. a light white wine from this region
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Orvieto1

First recorded in 1665–75
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Rather, the castle is Hotel La Badia di Orvieto, a semi-popular vacation spot anyone with enough money can rent out for events and lodging.

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In fact, at one point he just addressed a letter to her hometown of Orvieto, Italy, hoping it would reach her.

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Here, a contemporary author of cozy mysteries joins a friend at a homey yet grand villa outside Orvieto, in the hope of regaining her storytelling mojo — but we gradually learn, through a second narrative, that something terrible happened here back in the 1970s.

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They may differ in nuance and expression, but any of them, whether pecorino, verdicchio, grillo, carricante, vermentino, Orvieto, Soave, Trebbiano d’Abruzzo or Gavi will go beautifully with this dish.

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More specifically, lively, high-acid Italian whites will go well with this dish, whether Orvieto from Umbria, vermentino from Liguria, Gavi from Piedmont, Fiano di Avellino or Verdicchio di Matelica.

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