Tokay grape; Tokay wine
[ toh-KAY ]
1. A large, oval California table grape (also called Flame Tokay) with a thick red skin and bland-tasting flesh with seeds. Tokays are available from August through December. They're also sometimes used to make wine of the same name. 2. Tokay is also a sweet white wine from Hungary's Tokay region, which is made primarily from the Furmint grape.
botrytis cinerea-infected grapes from the better vintages produce marvelous
DESSERT WINES that rival the best from France and Germany.
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COMPANION, 2nd edition, by Sharon Tyler Herbst.