wine tosser
A person who speaks at length about wine but possesses limited genuine knowledge or expertise about it.
ADJ
red, rose, white | fizzy, sparkling | dry | sweet
light
She prefers drinking light wine in the evening because it doesn't make her feel too full.
full-bodied, heady, strong | fruity
sour, vinegary
The red wine tasted sour after it had been open for several weeks.
mature, young
A mature wine from this vineyard costs much more than a young wine from the same region.
new, old
My grandmother prefers old wines from her favorite vineyard in France.
excellent, expensive, fine, good, great, quality, vintage | cheap, table
house
We ordered a bottle of their house wine since it was reasonably priced and quite good.
dessert
fortified
My grandfather enjoys sipping fortified wine after dinner on Sunday evenings.
mulled, spiced
chilled
On hot summer days, we always serve chilled wine to our dinner guests.
home-made | dandelion, elderberry, rice, etc.
QUANT
drop
She added just a drop of wine to the sauce for extra flavor.
glass, bottle
VERB + WINE
drink
At the dinner party last night, we drank wine and talked for hours.
have
After dinner, we had wine and talked until midnight.
sip, take a sip of
He sipped his wine slowly while watching the sunset from the terrace.
gulp, swig, take a gulp/swig of
pour (sb), top up
During dinner, my dad poured wine for everyone at the table.
make, produce
My grandfather produced wine in his vineyard before he retired.
age, mature
The red wine matured for ten years before the winery decided to sell it.
chill | serve
ply sb with
The host kept plying us with wine throughout the entire dinner party.
WINE + VERB
flow
At the wedding reception, wine flowed generously as guests celebrated throughout the evening.
go to your head
After just two glasses, the wine went to her head and she couldn't stop laughing.
breathe
We decanted the red wine so it could breathe before we served dinner.
be corked | age, mature
WINE + NOUN
bottle, glass
list
The hotel's wine selection included bottles from France, Italy, and Spain.
rack
My grandmother keeps her best bottles on an old wooden wine rack in the dining room.
grower, growing | merchant
tasting
My friends and I attended a wine tasting at the local vineyard last weekend.