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Of, relating to, or constituting the nutty flavor peculiar to some fortified wines (as sherry and Madeira).

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  • True, the system for making wine in much of the country was, until well into the twentieth century, literally antique: grapes were crushed in stone troughs, using methods not...
  • Alvarado (1756-1814), commonly called el filósofo rancio.
  • On both sides of the way some regiments belonging to the rear division were still camped, and as I passed it was most interesting to see how busy they were cooking their...
  • Father Alvarado, the Dominican, wrote his famous articles under the title "Cartas de un filósofo rancio" (Letters of a Soured
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