vinous

Example Sentences

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They are the detritus of our vinous existence.

From Washington Post • Aug. 8, 2019

By the time consumers finally began exploring the rest of Italy's vinous offerings, most were more than willing to leave Chianti behind.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2018

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

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 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

The acetous acid is the produce of a peculiar fermentation of vegetable substances, succeeding the vinous, in which ardent spirit it is procured, and succeeded by the putrefactive, in which volatile alkali is generated.

From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Priestley, Joseph