vinous

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Quantum is opulent, jammy and velvety — the vinous equivalent of that joy you feel when picking berries and stuffing more in your mouth than in your basket.

From Washington Post • Mar. 26, 2021

When I opened my eyes, the vinous weeds of midsummer Iowa shrouding the tracks resembled the tropics.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2016

“It starts out almost like vinous water, and you think, ‘Oh my God, I’ve ruined this.’

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2016

Although its vinous star has dimmed a bit since then with the incursion of mass-market versions, mostly in large liter bottles, Grüner Veltliner is still a stalwart presence on many good wine lists.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2016

This wine is nothing more than skimmed milk, subjected for awhile to vinous fermentation, and distilled through a rude apparatus that does the office of an alembic. 

From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] by Huc, Evariste Regis