Malmsey

Malmsey (Fr. vin de Malvoisie), a name bestowed originally on the red and white wines of Napoli di Malvasia or Monemvasia, in the Morea, not because it produced them, but because it exported them; they were grown in the islands of the Ægean and the Levant. The Malmsey wines of modern commerce are mostly the produce of Teneriffe, Madeira, the Azores, Sardinia, Sicily, and one or two other places.