white_wine (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *white wine*:
NOUN	food	white wine	pale yellowish wine made from white grapes or red grapes with skins removed before fermentation

English > *white wine*: 1 sense > noun 1, food
Meaning	pale yellowish wine made from white grapes or red grapes with skins removed before fermentation.
Narrower	Canary wine	A sweet white wine from the Canary Islands
	Chablis, white Burgundy	dry white table wine of Chablis, France or a wine resembling it
	Chardonnay, Pinot Chardonnay	dry white table wine resembling Chablis but made from Chardonnay grapes
	Chenin blanc	made in California and the Loire valley in France
	Montrachet	A white Burgundy wine
	Moselle	German white wine from the Moselle valley or a similar wine made elsewhere
	Muscadet	dry white wine from the Loire valley in France
	Pinot blanc	dry white California table wine made from white Pinot grapes
	Rhine wine, Rhenish, hock	Any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany ('hock' is British usage)
	Sauterne, Sauternes	semisweet golden-colored table or dessert wine from around Bordeaux in France
	Sauvignon blanc	A California wine
	Soave	dry white Italian wine from Verona
	Verdicchio	A dry white Italian wine made from Verdicchio grapes
	Vouvray	A dry white French wine (either still or sparkling) made in the Loire valley
	Yquem	A sweet white French wine
	sack	Any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry)
Broader	wine, vino	fermented juice (of grapes especially)
Spanish	vino blanco
Catalan	vi blanc

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