blush wine

noun

: any of various pinkish table wines

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For some wine inspiration drop into Fortnum & Mason who have dedicated a sizeable area of their food hall to the blush wine - here the new Fortnum’s Côtes de Provence Rosé 2020 by Ott can be found along with the Charles Heidsieck Rosé Réserve NV if a fizz version is the preferred tipple. Felicity Carter, Forbes, 3 June 2021 Made of pinot noir grapes that are harvested in Monterey County, the refreshing blush wine is sustainably crafted in Santa Rosa, California. Lindzi Scharf, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2023 Light-bodied, aromatic, and perfectly fruity, a sip of this crisp blush wine will transport you to the South of France, where it’s made. Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021 Badger Blush is fun, refreshing, bright, with notes of black cherry, cranberry and raspberry all jumbled up in this lighthearted really approachable blush wine. Kristine M. Kierzek, Journal Sentinel, 9 June 2022 Unsurprisingly, as wine connoisseur, Davis prefers French blush wine to Japanese saké. Amiah Taylor, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2022 Under Corti’s influence, Bob Trinchero, winemaker at Sutter Home, had been bottling Amador Zinfandels and pressing some of the grapes into blush wine. Jonathan Kauffman, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2019 And while Americans have christened the spring and summer as rosé season, the blush wine, with its full range of profiles, shouldn’t be limited to only the warmer months of the year. Shauna Stuart | Sstuart@al.com, al.com, 19 July 2019 Fun fact: The festival was started in 1986, with strawberries as the theme largely because the Cedar Creek Winery made a strawberry blush wine. Nancy Stohs, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 June 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1984, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of blush wine was in 1984

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“Blush wine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blush%20wine. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

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