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Linden A European tree with a strongly aromatic quality that's startlingly reminiscent of Band-Aids. Sorry there's no more felicitous comparison, but "Band-Aid" describes it exactly. Web-weaving by Cliffwood Organic Works ...
Hárslevelű (in Hungarian), also called Lipovina (in Slovak), Lindenblättriger (in German) and Feuille de Tilleul (in French) is a grape variety from the Pontian Balcanica branch of vitis vinifera.
Rossini, in thanking him, wrote, "Although your grapes are superb, I don't like my wine in capsules." Rothschild read this as an invitation to send him some of his celebrated Chateau-Lafite, which he did. --- Lillie de Hergermann-Lindencrone, ...
See also: Wine, Aroma, Dessert Wines, Variety, Region
 
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