Isabella

Definition

A grape cultivar popular in the former USSR derived from the grape species Vitis labrusca.

Etymology

Latinate and Italian form of Isabel. The grape cultivar is popularly thought to have been discovered by a Mrs Isabella Gibbs of South Carolina in 1816.

Example Sentences

• "If it be exposed to heat as soon as it is moderately warm, its dark olive colour changes almost suddenly to an Isabella colour, it becomes cloudy, and an abundant precipitate falls[…]"
• "The late Queen Victoria drove behind horses of a peculiar shade which nothing but Isabella color would describe. Now it is to appear in furs for the élite."
• "Mr. and Mrs. Moes left after the reception for New York and other places, the bride wearing Burgundy cloth with a chic grey hat and veil and Isabella fox furs."