| wine | | |
| n. (food) | 1. vino, wine | fermented juice (of grapes especially). |
| ~ grape | any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters. |
| ~ alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant | a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent.; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him" |
| ~ vintage | a season's yield of wine from a vineyard. |
| ~ red wine | wine having a red color derived from skins of dark-colored grapes. |
| ~ white wine | pale yellowish wine made from white grapes or red grapes with skins removed before fermentation. |
| ~ blush wine, pink wine, rose wine, rose | pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began. |
| ~ altar wine, sacramental wine | used in a communion service. |
| ~ sparkling wine | effervescent wine. |
| ~ burgundy wine, burgundy | red table wine from the Burgundy region of France (or any similar wine made elsewhere). |
| ~ bordeaux wine, bordeaux | any of several red or white wines produced around Bordeaux, France or wines resembling them. |
| ~ california wine | any of various wines produced in California. |
| ~ cotes de provence | a wine from southeastern France on the Mediterranean coast. |
| ~ dessert wine | still sweet wine often served with dessert or after a meal. |
| ~ dubonnet | (trademark) a sweet aromatic French wine (red or white) used chiefly as an aperitif. |
| ~ jug wine | inexpensive wine sold in large bottles or jugs. |
| ~ maconnais, macon | fine Burgundy wine usually white and dry. |
| ~ plonk | a cheap wine of inferior quality. |
| ~ retsina | Greek wine flavored with resin. |
| ~ rhone wine | any of various wines from the Rhone River valley in France. |
| ~ table wine | wine containing not more than 14 percent alcohol usually served with a meal. |
| ~ tokay | Hungarian wine made from Tokay grapes. |
| ~ vermouth | any of several white wines flavored with aromatic herbs; used as aperitifs or in mixed drinks. |
| ~ generic, generic wine | a wine that is a blend of several varieties of grapes with no one grape predominating; a wine that does not carry the name of any specific grape. |
| ~ varietal, varietal wine | a wine made principally from one grape and carrying the name of that grape. |
| ~ fortified wine | wine to which alcohol (usually grape brandy) has been added. |
| ~ mulled wine | wine heated with sugar and spices and often citrus fruit. |
| ~ negus | wine and hot water with sugar and lemon juice and nutmeg. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. wine, wine-colored, wine-coloured | a red as dark as red wine. |
| ~ dark red | a red color that reflects little light. |
| v. (consumption) | 3. wine | drink wine. |
| ~ booze, drink, fuddle | consume alcohol.; "We were up drinking all night" |
| v. (consumption) | 4. wine | treat to wine.; "Our relatives in Italy wined and dined us for a week" |
| ~ regale, treat | provide with choice or abundant food or drink.; "Don't worry about the expensive wine--I'm treating"; "She treated her houseguests with good food every night" |
| vinify | | |
| v. (change) | 1. vinify | convert a juice into wine by fermentation.; "vinify grape juice" |
| ~ wine making, winemaking | the craft and science of growing grapes and making wine. |
| ~ ferment, work | cause to undergo fermentation.; "We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content"; "The vintner worked the wine in big oak vats" |
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