white wine

noun

: a wine ranging in color from faintly yellow to amber that is produced from the juice alone of dark- or light-colored grapes

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Make a quick shrimp marinade with olive oil, white wine, salt, and pepper. Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Jan. 2025 Choose a dry, crisp white wine to complement the dish's buttery, garlicky flavors and enhance the sweetness of the shrimp. Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2025 After training a unique algorithmic learning model on the chemical makeups of a variety of alcoholic drinks including whisky, brandy, Chinese Baiju, and white wine, researchers applied droplets of each liquid onto their device. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 18 Dec. 2024 The new wine bar will focus on wines from around the world, with eight or nine red wines by the glass and seven or eight white wines by the glass. Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for white wine 

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of white wine was in the 14th century

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“White wine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20wine. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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