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Claret is the English name for red wine from the Bordeaux region of France, along the valleys of the rivers Gironde, Garonne and Dordogne. The Plantagenet kingdom, covering England and much of France from 1152 to 1453, encouraged wine trade and the development of English taste for this wine, adopting the French word clairet to describe it.
Claret is a protected name within the European Union for describing a red Bordeaux wine; it was accepted after the British wine trade demonstrated over 300 years usage of the word.
Samuel Johnson commented: He who aspires to be a serious wine drinker, must drink Claret.
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Claret is also the colour which resembles the red hue of this wine. It is used as a descriptor for dark red when it appears in footballFootball is the most widely played and watched team sport in the world. The game is often known as soccer or occasionally association football to differentiate it from other codes of football. Football is a ball game played between two teams of 11 players strip; for example the shirts of Aston Villa F.C.Aston Villa is football club that play in Birmingham, England. They currently play in the Premier League. Aston Villa is the oldest football club in the Premiership. History Aston Villa Football Club was formed in March 1874 by members of the Villa Cross are described as "claret and blue".
Claret is also a slangSlang is the non-standard use of words in a language of a particular social group, and sometimes the creation of new words or importation of words from another language. Slang is a type of sociolect aimed at excluding certain people from the conversation. word for bloodBlood is a circulating tissue composed of fluid plasma and cells ( red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets). Medical terms related to blood often begin in hemo or hemato ( BE: haemo and haemato from the Greek word for "blood". Blood of different spe.
Claret is also the name of several communes in France:
- Claret , in the Alpes-de-Haute-ProvenceAlpes-de-Haute-Provence Details Information Number04 Region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Prefecture Digne-les-Bains Subprefectures Barcelonnette Castellane Forcalquier Population Total 1999 Density Ranked 94th 139,561 20 /km² Area6,925 km² Arrondissements 4 départementThe departements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties and are now grouped into 22 metropolitan and four overseas regions''. They are subdivided into 342 arrondissements''. Departements are also found i
- Claret , in the HéraultHerault Details Information Number34 Region Languedoc-Roussillon Prefecture Montpellier Subprefectures Beziers Lodeve Population Total ( 1999) Density Ranked 22nd 896,441 147 /km² Area 6,101 km² Arrondissements 3 Cantons 49 Communes 343 President of the g département
