Examples of grappa in a Sentence
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The bittersweet liqueur, made with grappa here, but elsewhere from wine and other spirits, is infused with aromatic herbs, spices, fruits and bitter roots.
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Anna Lee C. Iijima, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Nov. 2025
You may be poured a farewell glass grappa on the house.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
The secret is to line the glass with Angostura bitters; throw in a clove and a tiny eyedropper of a dark grappa.
—airmail.news, 8 Mar. 2025
Warm up with a nice grappa or glass of vino at Enoteca Cortina or another one of Cortina’s buzzy, yet welcoming taverns.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2023
The response from a manager and a bartender toward dinner’s end was to introduce my posse to a Chinese spirit poised to make an appearance on the menu: clear firewater, potent as grappa, poured from a red-and-gold flask into thimble-size shot glasses.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023
Pick up some grappa-like grape brandy, too, which most vineyards also produce.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 22 Sep. 2021
The first is citrusy, smelling and tasting like a very good grappa.
—Russ Parsons, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2020
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Anna Lee C. Iijima, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Nov. 2025
You may be poured a farewell glass grappa on the house.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
The secret is to line the glass with Angostura bitters; throw in a clove and a tiny eyedropper of a dark grappa.
—airmail.news, 8 Mar. 2025
Warm up with a nice grappa or glass of vino at Enoteca Cortina or another one of Cortina’s buzzy, yet welcoming taverns.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2023
The response from a manager and a bartender toward dinner’s end was to introduce my posse to a Chinese spirit poised to make an appearance on the menu: clear firewater, potent as grappa, poured from a red-and-gold flask into thimble-size shot glasses.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023
Pick up some grappa-like grape brandy, too, which most vineyards also produce.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 22 Sep. 2021
The first is citrusy, smelling and tasting like a very good grappa.
—Russ Parsons, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2020
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“Grappa.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grappa. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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