White Bordeaux is made from Sauvignon blanc, Sémillon, and Muscadelle.

The whiteface clown, or clown blanc from the original French, is seemingly dignified and serious, is the most ancient type of clown.

A double boiler, also known as a bain-marie, is a stove top apparatus used to cook delicate sauces such as beurre blanc, to melt chocolate without burning or seizing, or cook any other thick liquid or porridge that would normally burn if not stirred constantly.

In French, the polar bear is referred to as ours blanc (" white bear ") or ours polaire (" polar bear ").

In France, Chardonnay is the second most widely planted white grape variety just behind Ugni blanc and ahead of Sémillon and Sauvignon blanc.

In Champagne, it is most often blended with Pinot noir and Pinot meunier but is also used to produce single varietal blanc de blancs styles of sparkling wine.

Here the grape is known as Melon d ' Arbois or Gamay blanc and is sometimes blended with Savagnin.

Despite its prominence in the industry, the grape is a relatively new variety, the product of a chance crossing between Cabernet franc and Sauvignon blanc during the 17th century in southwestern France.

Nyrop notes the poetical stories of the " redeeming power of the kiss are to be found in the literature of many countries, especially, for example, in the Old French Arthurian romances ( Lancelot, Guiglain, Tirant le blanc ) in which the princess is changed by evil arts into a dreadful dragon, and can only resume her human shape in the case of a knight being brave enough to kiss her.

Although Bollinger's wine is famed for its intense richness and full-bodied nature, this has more to do with the way the grapes are planted and when they are harvested than any intrinsic property of blanc de noirs Champagne, which is often little different from cuvées including a proportion of Chardonnay.

It may be made only from a strict list of grape varieties, if it is to carry the name of one of the crus then it must be at least 90 % Ugni Blanc ( known in Italy as Trebbiano ), Folle Blanche and Colombard, although 10 % of the grapes used can be Folignan, Jurançon blanc, Meslier St-François ( also called Blanc Ramé ), Sélect, Montils or Sémillon.

Christmas is generally celebrated in France on Christmas Eve by a traditional meal ( typical dishes include oysters, boudin blanc and the bûche de Noël ), by opening presents and by attending the midnight mass ( even among Catholics who do not attend church at other times of the year ).

The name is commonly thought to be a reference to either: ( a ) the paper birch, or more likely ( b ) the basswood, called " bois blanc " in other contexts.

The wine is composed primarily of the indigenous grape Mauzac with some Chenin blanc and Chardonnay.

Sauvignon blanc is planted in many of the world's wine regions, producing a crisp, dry, and refreshing white varietal wine.

One of the rights of a " Most Catholic " queen either regnant or consort is that she may wear white rather than the normal black when meeting the Pope ( the privilège du blanc ).

Pinot gris is a Pinot colour sport ( and can arise by mutation of Pinot noir or Pinot blanc ), presumably representing a somatic mutation in either the VvMYBA1 or VvMYBA2 genes that control grape berry colour.

Pinot blanc is a further mutation and can either naturally arise from or give rise to Pinot gris or Pinot noir ; the mutation-reversion path is multi-directional therefore.

In the 20th century it was discovered that a sub-variety of Chenin planted in the Loire was not actually Chenin blanc at all but rather the grape Verdelho, which is banned from French AOC regulations in the Loire.

In South Africa, Chenin blanc is the most widely planted variety, accounting for nearly one-fifth of all vineyard plantings in the early 21st century.

In 1990 there were of Chenin blanc planted in Oregon, but by 2001 virtually all of it had been uprooted with only a few isolated plantings remaining.

Currently, should they choose to wear the traditional style of clothing, the privilège du blanc is held only by the Queens of Spain and Belgium, and the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, all of whose monarchies were awarded the Catholic Monarch designation in the past.

As well as a dairy selling comté cheese, butter, cream, fromage blanc and newly resurrected medieval fromage de CLON, ( all made from milk from the village's own cows ), Drom boasts three ' Artisans d ' art '.

As well as a dairy selling comté cheese, butter, cream, fromage blanc and newly resurrected medieval fromage de CLON, ( all made from milk from the village's own cows ), Drom boasts three ' Artisans d ' art '.

* Pascal blanc, a French white wine grape

) By the late 1990s, efforts to promote " authentic " Chardonnay helped to increase plantings and by 2004 it was the 3rd most widely planted white wine grape behind Chenin blanc and Colombard.

In Chile, it has surpassed Sauvignon blanc and Sauvignon vert to be the most widely planted white wine grape.

Compared to other white wine grapes like Sauvignon blanc, Gewürztraminer and Viognier-Chardonnay has a more subtle and muted nose with no overwhelming aromatics that jump out of the wine glass.

Several other names for related or similar dishes existed in Europe, such as the 13th century Danish hwit moos (" white mush "), the Anglo-Norman blanc desirree (" white Syrian dish ") and Dutch calijs ( from Latin colare, " to strain ").

For the white wines, clairette, vermentino, sémillon, and ugni blanc.

For white wines, the major grapes grown are rolle blanc, roussane, spagnol, and mayorquin ; the secondary grapes are clairette, bourboulenc, chardonnay, pignerol, and muscat.

Blanc de blanc (" white from white ") Champagnes are made from 100 % Chardonnay.

The discovery in the spring of 2006 of a French " petit blanc " ( small white ) silver coin inserted into a cut out in the stempost / keel join was a major step forward.

While some skin exposure maybe desirable in the production of rosé sparklers and some blanc de noirs ( white of blacks ), most sparkling wine producers take extended precautions to limit the amount of skin contact.

While there are examples of varietal sparklers, such as blanc de blancs ( white of whites ) made from 100 % Chardonnay, most sparkling wines are blends of several grape varieties, vineyards and vintages.

The grape most likely gets its name from the French word sauvage (" wild ") and blanc (" white ") due to its early origins as an indigenous grape in South West France., a possible descendant of savagnin.

When making a white stock, or fond blanc, parsnips are used instead of carrots to maintain the pale color.

A white grape mutation known as Carignan blanc also exists in Roussillon in small plantings of around 1000 ha ( 2, 500 acres ).

Carignan blanc is a white mutation of the Carignan grape found primarily in the Roussillon region.

Beurre blanc — literally translated from French as " white butter "— is a hot emulsified butter sauce made with a reduction of vinegar and / or white wine ( normally Muscadet ) and grey shallots into which cold, whole butter is blended off the heat to prevent separation.

White wines are made mainly with bourboulenc, clairette, grenache blanc, and vermentino.

Some of the premium wines are often made using the Riesling, Pinot blanc, Pinot gris and Pinot noir grapes, with much of it drunk locally rather than exported.

It is also the name of a Protected designation of origin of Greek blanc de gris wine, made of the moschofilero grape traditionally grown in the region.

He served as a cook ; his recipe for boudin blanc ( a sausage made from bison meat ) was praised by several members of the party.

It is a pun on the cosmetic and cleanser known as blanc d ' Espagne, originally a white lead pigment and later either basic bismuth nitrate or a preparation made from chalk and clay.

Rosé wines are either made from red grapes where the juice is allowed to stay in contact with the dark skins long enough to pick up a pinkish color ( blanc de noir ) or by blending red wine and white wine.

Wine expert Jancis Robinson has noted that Chenin blanc is probably the world's most versatile grape, being able to produce quality wines of various sweetness, including dessert wines noted for their aging ability, as well as sparkling made according to the méthode champenoise and fortified wines.

Chenin blanc can be made in a variety of styles, such as this sparkling wine from Vouvray.

They are made from botrytis infected Semillon and Sauvignon blanc grapes.

* Fond blanc, or white stock, is made by using raw bones and white mirepoix.

When dry, it is referred to as Bordeaux blanc and is permitted to be made in the appellations of Pessac-Léognan, Graves, Entre-deux-mers and other less-renowned regions.

These figures made Verdicchio the 15th most planted variety of any grape in the world, ahead of well known varieties like Chardonnay, Pinot noir, Sauvignon blanc and Sangiovese.

* Colli Pesaresi DOC ( Marche ) – Can be made primarily of Verdicchio but can also be blended with Biancame, Pinot gris, Pinot noir ( w / o any maceration prior to fermentation ), Riesling Italico, Sauvignon blanc, Pinot blanc, Chardonnay and Trebbiano.

Red, rosé and a few white wines are produced-the reds from Grenache Noir, Mourvèdre, Syrah, Carignan and Cinsaut grapes ; the white are made from a blend of from Grenache blanc and Grenache gris.

The whites are usually made from Grenache blanc.

In 1953, he joined the comics magazine Tintin where he wrote a scenario for Fred Funcken's Le chevalier blanc, and made numerous illustrations and magazine covers.

* Boudin blanc: A white sausage made of pork without the blood.

Champagne is often made using this process, when it is known as blanc de noirs.