red wine

noun

1. wine having a predominantly red color derived from the skin pigment in the red or other dark-colored grapes used in making it.

Word History and Origins

Origin of red wine¹

First recorded in 1745–55

Example Sentences

The Plaza Hotel cooked a fancy-pants latke with red wine braised oxtail, horseradish sunchoke cream, and crispy kale.

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The carpet is stained from the door to the window with red wine.

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With a sleek look and perfect pour, the Axium is the decanter of choice for serving red wine during the cold winter months.

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I like Argentine malbec red wine or a good red wine from the North of Spain.

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In the next scene, she meets her father for a glass of expensive red wine.

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The woman holds in her claw-like hand a half-empty bottle of cheap red wine.

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Der ish pottles de Kaiser CharlemagneVonce filled mit gold-red wine!

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"Let me celebrate, above all, the little red wine," says Ambrose in a brief dithyrambic note.

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Before you serve it up, skim the gravy well, and give it a boil with a glass of red wine.

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Make a sauce of four shalots or little onions chopped fine, some gravy, a little pepper and salt, and a spoonful of red wine.

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Related Words

• merlot