vinous

Example Sentences

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Pair it with seafood pasta or risotto, and stamp your vinous passport for the Mediterranean.

From Washington Post • Aug. 18, 2017

“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

When it comes to red wine, I would bet that a high percentage of us are actually holding the same vinous hair balls in our mouths: red Burgundy.

From Forbes • Jul. 22, 2014

It was found in Sumatra by Mr. Curtis, travelling for Messrs. Veitch, in 1882—a large green flower, margined and touched here and there with white, the pouch vinous purple.

From The Woodlands Orchids by Boyle, Frederick