However, advocates for the grape variety and its historical role in Armagnac were able to persuade French authorities to continue permitting its use in the distilled wines from the Armagnac region.

Another name for Brandy, a liquor made from distilled wine.

Mostly celebrating; even those who mourned could be coaxed into forgetting their losses for an hour or two over the strong distilled wine he had ordered distributed.

The latter grape, which is the ubiquitous trebbiano of Italy, often finds its way into the distilled wine used to make Armagnac.

All of you, mind the distilled wines.

Of course other countries, notably Spain and Italy, make brandy, whose name comes from the Dutch word "brandewijn," meaning burnt or distilled wine.

These English words are derived from the Dutch language brandewijn, meaning "burnt wine", in reference to a distilled wine.

Around 1300-1400 AD, however, the introduction of water as a coolant in the distilling equipment made it possible to produce a substantially larger amount of distilled wine and to distill pomace.

Metaxa, the first alcoholic drink consumed in space, is a Greek distilled spirit invented by Spyros Metaxas in 1888, continuing the tradition of making distilled wines since Classical antiquity.

While wine drinking is not widespread in Mexico, the consumption of brandy, or distilled wine is.