wine

/waɪn/
noun 5name 4verb 3

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(noun.)

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.

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