Chateau Migraine

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Etymology

From chateau (“wine-producing estate”) +‎ migraine (“severe headache”). Compare, for example, Château d'Armailhac or numerous other French wineries.

Noun

Chateau Migraine (plural Chateau Migraines or (less commonly) Chateaux Migraine)

  1. (humorous, slang) Wine or other spirits of low quality, thought to cause headache.
    • 2019, Roel Peters, “Rosé”, in RP Vinos‎:
      The flesh therefore does not determine the color. What determines the color is the intensity of natural dyes that are present in the grape skin (and in the cheap stuff the added dyes, abundantly present in most "Chateau Migraines").
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:chateau migraine.
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