
Language: French
Description: Strong, sweet red wines of good quality made from the Grenache grape in the vicinity of Banyuls-sur-Mer in Roussillon. It is also a Catalan fortified wine said locally to be the best wine to drink with chocolate.
Pronounced: bahn-yool groh' kroo
Ethnicity: French
Most frequent country: France
Most frequent region: Roussillon
Also known as: Banyuls
See places: French food and cuisine, Roussillon
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