Sentence examples for gris as from inspiring English sources

The Bauhaus-inspired structure, preserved as it was in the early 40's, houses paintings by Picasso, Braque, Leger and Gris, as well as American Cubist art.

You wine drinkers can get your Syrah or your pinot gris as well.

First, the general public has little awareness of pinot gris as a wine.

At one time, producers treated pinot gris as if it were chardonnay, giving it the full oak treatment.

The "Gris," as its regulars refer to it, has been in continuous operation since 1776, and you can feel the age of the place.

Mercifully, Oregon winemakers who were once more partial to oak have pulled back from treating pinot gris as a sort of junior chardonnay, which is a relief as these wines were usually overbearing and unattractive.

Oregon winemakers who have labored long to put their pinot gris forward as a serious white wine have also produced some delectable pinot blancs, most in the $15 range.

She advises that neophytes to French cheese begin with brillat-savarin, "a golden buttery cow's cheese," and work up to le puant gris, known as "the gray stinker," which even the French find hard to stomach.

Combined with the rarefaction of major pre-World War I Cubist works, this accounts for the huge price that hailed this week a picture seen by Gris himself as his greatest ever.

The finest examples, especially those produced from one of three varieties – Riesling, Gewurztraminer and Pinot Gris – are truly distinctive as well as dazzling.

Switzerland Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was the driving force behind the International Style movement, which stressed form at the expense of ornament.