Also 8 tockay. [Name of a town in Upper Hungary.] (Also Tokay wine.) A rich sweet wine of an aromatic flavor, made near Tokay in Hungary. Also applied in U.S. to a Californian wine made in imitation of this.
1710. Swift, Jrnl. to Stella, vi. I dined at Stratford’s in the City and had Burgundy and Tokay.
1714. Mandeville, Fab. Bees (1725), I. 260. When he has had a large Company, and thought it Extravagant to treat with Tockay.
1773. Douglass, in Phil. Trans., LXIII. 295. There are four sorts of wine made from the same grapes, which they distinguish at Tokay by the name of Essence, Auspruch, Masslasch, and the common wine. Ibid., 296. The Auspruch is the wine commonly exported, and what is known in foreign countries under the name of Tokay.
1857. Miller, Elem. Chem. (1862), III. 160. Sherry yields from 1 to 5 per cent., port from 3 to 7 per cent., and Tokay as much as 17 per cent. of sugar.
b. Tokay grape, the variety of grape from which this wine is made.
1896. Godey’s Mag., Feb., 222/2. The luscious Tokay grapes, the golden oranges, and purple plums may be placed in separate dishes.
