vinous
IPA: vɪnɪs
adjective
- Pertaining to or having the characteristics of wine.
- Involving the use of wine.
- Having the colour of red wine; vinaceous.
- Tending to drink wine excessively.
- Affected by the drinking of wine.
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Examples of "vinous" in Sentences
- And one of my favorite stories of vinous redemption these days is Soave.
- Of course, the wine auction scene is only one measure of a town's vinous standing.
- At eleven o’clock two-thirds of the sun were covered, and all terrestrial objects became a kind of vinous red.
- Be sure to pack some bottles of Provence's hidden vinous gems in your basket, such as Cassis, Bandol, Palette and Bellet.
- He and Mr. Stuckey travel to Italy several times a year to immerse themselves in the country's vinous and gastronomic culture.
- He is the last gentleman, that I know of, of that old school that used to import their own wine and lay it down annually themselves, -- their bins forming a kind of vinous calendar suggestive of great events.
- Even Mr. Ellenbogen, whose wine list is an exercise in vinous esoterica, has a Chardonnay among his Bar Agricole offerings, albeit one made in the mountains of Jura, France, and blended with the Savagin grape.
- The first fermentation in cider is termed the vinous; in this the sugar is decomposed, and loses its sweetness, and is converted into alcohol; if the fermentation goes on too rapidly, the cider is injured; a portion of alcohol passes off with the carbonic acid.
- 1234Wines of the weekTwo around Euro12J0HN WILSON IN THE CULT wine film Mondovino, wine consultant Michel Rolland is portrayed as some kind of vinous Ernst Blofeld, with evil tentacles stretching out all over industry are the innovations introduced by small, young, family-owned enterprises.
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