Vin Santo
Language: Italian
Description: "Holy wine." A wine, usually sweet and famously smooth, made on farms throughout Tuscany from Trebbiano and Malvasia grapes which are half dried. It is kept in barrels for some years and then bottled. It is often served with cantucci, which are dipped into it. There are dry versions. Traditionally the very best versions are made by hanging the best grapes and allowing them to dry in the air. This concentrates the sugars and intensifies the flavour. These are usually sealed for a number of years in barrels before bottling. Despite the name, this wine has no particular religious connotation, except that a certain Cardinal was said to have utter the words "vin santo" when he first drank it.
Pronounced: veen SAHN-toh
Gender: N/A
Ethnicity: Italian
Most frequent country: Italy
Most frequent region: Tuscany, Umbria
See places: Italian food and cuisine, Tuscan food and cuisine, Umbria
See foods and dishes: biscotti di prato, cantucci, pinolata
WAIE (whatamieating.com)
This is the searchable online international food dictionary with 67,413 terms in 307 languages plus 42,027 plurals.
Just type in the word that you’re looking for and press enter or click on search. There are other types of search; see search help for more information.
The database behind this site was the loving creation of Suzy Oakes, who has since passed away. She is greatly missed. You can see her obituary in the Guardian
- (Italian)