malvasia

A variety of grape cultivated especially in Italy that is used to make white and red wines.

Originally, a wine of Napoli di Malvasia in the Morea, Greece; now, a name given also to some other wines, especially to certain Italian and Sicilian wines, as to a brand of Marsala, of similar quality, sweet and somewhat heady. See malmsey.

A sweet grape used to make malmsey wine.

A variety of grape, originally from the region of the Aegean, now used to make malmsey wine

used to make malmsey wine