palomino
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pal·o·mi·no
(păl'ə-mē'nō) 
n., pl., -nos.
A horse with a golden or tan coat and a white or cream-colored mane and tail, thought to have been developed from Arabian stock.
n., pl., -nos.
A horse with a golden or tan coat and a white or cream-colored mane and tail, thought to have been developed from Arabian stock.
[American Spanish, from Spanish, young dove, perhaps from Italian palombino, dove-colored, from Latin palumbīnus, pertaining to ringdoves, from palumbēs, ringdove.]
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Palomino
[pah-loh-MEE-noh] The grape that makes the great Spanish sherries. Palomino is not distinctive when used to make standard white table wines, but when it's processed to make sherry, it can turn into something special. It's heavily grown in and around jerez de la frontera in the andalucia region of Spain. Palomino Fino is actually the strain that now represents about 90 percent of the planting in the Jerez area, as opposed to the previously favored Palomino Basto (or Palomino de Jerez) grape. Palomino is also cultivated in the hotter growing areas of Australia, California, France, and South Africa, where its Afrikaans name is Fransdruif or simply Frans. Attempts to make sherry in these regions has produced some good versions of this fortified wine, but they're not the quality of the top Spanish wines. Palomino is also called Ablan, Listán, and Tempranilla; in California, it's mistakenly called Golden Chasselas. Australia's Common Palomino is not the same grape as Palomino.
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palomino
IN BRIEF: A breed of horse having a pale yellow coat and a white mane and tail.
The rancher groomed and saddled the palomino pony.
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palomino
Not a breed of horse but a color type of gold with white mane and tail.
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Palomino (grape)
This article is about the term "Palomino" as it applies to grapes. For other uses, see Palomino (disambiguation).
"Temprana" redirects here. For another Spanish wine grape that is also known as Temprana, see Tempranillo blanco.
Palomino is a white grape widely grown in Spain and South Africa, and best known for its use in the manufacture of sherry.
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In Spain, the grape is split into the sub-varieties Palomino Fino, Palomino Basto, and Palomino de Jerez, of which Palomino Fino is by far the most important, being the principal grape used in the manufacture of sherry. The wine formed by fermentation of the grape is low in both acidity and sugar which, whilst suitable for sherry, ensures that any table wine made from it is of a consistently low quality, unless aided by acidification.
In France, it is referred to as Listán, and in South Africa as Fransdruif or White French. It is also found in Australia and California where it is also used mainly to produce fortified wines, the grape was once thought to be the Golden Chasselas, a grape grown in California. The wine-must has tendency to oxidise quickly, a characteristic that can be ignored when used for sherry production.
DNA research
In December 2006 Spanish researchers, using DNA techniques, discovered that the Mission grape of California and Latin America, cultivated by the Jesuit and Franciscan missionaries throughout the New World, is in fact the now rare Listan Prieto or Palomino Negro of Spain.[1]
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References
- ^ Alley, Lynn (February 2007). "Researchers Uncover Identity of Historic California Grape: Spanish researchers solve mysteries surrounding the Mission variety and viticulture throughout the Americas". Wine Spectator Online. http://www.winespectator.com/Wine/Features/0,1197,3638,00.html. Retrieved 2007-03-30.
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Palomino
Dansk (Danish)
n. - mælkefarvet hest
Nederlands (Dutch)
goud- of roomkleurig paard met lichte manen en staart
Français (French)
n. - palomino
Deutsch (German)
n. - (Zool.) Isabelle
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - καφετί άλογο με ξανθή χαίτη και ουρά
Português (Portuguese)
n. - cavalo árabe (m)
Español (Spanish)
n. - caballo palomino
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - palomino (ljusfärgad häst med vit man o. svans)
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
身体淡褐色并有白色鬣毛和尾的一种马, 帕洛米诺马
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 身體淡褐色並有白色鬣毛和尾的一種馬, 巴洛米諾馬
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 갈기와 꼬리가 흰 담갈색의 말
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) حصان في البيئه الأمريكيه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - סוס פלומינו (בז' או חום עם רעמה לבנה)
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