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2009
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wine
/ wīn/
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n.
an alcoholic drink made from fermented grape juice.
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an alcoholic drink made from the fermented juice of specified other fruits or plants:
a glass of dandelion wine.
∎ short for wine red.
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v. [tr.] (wine and dine someone)
entertain someone by offering them drinks or a meal:
members of Congress have been lavishly wined and dined by lobbyists for years.
∎ [intr.]
(of a person) take part in such entertainment:
we wined and dined with Eddie's and Bernie's friends.
DERIVATIVES: wine·y
(also win·y) adj.
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Wine.com Makes Holiday Shopping for Wine Lovers Easier with Newly Unveiled Gift Collections.
Business Wire; 10/20/2004; 700+ words
; ...retail provider of premium wines, lifestyle wine clubs and gourmet gift...Aussie Walkabout" Wine Collection ($74.99): These four wines are a gathering of Australia...selection of premium wines, lifestyle wine clubs and gourmet gift...
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Wine shop shopping
Magazine article from: Minnesota Monthly; 3/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...rather than lumping the wine under the ambiguous term "French white wines." A useful creation...experiment with new wines. Minnesotans are blessed with a competitive wine retail market that...Company, and France 44 Wines and Spirits increasingly offer more wine paraphernalia, such...
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Foreign wines down 11.6% in 1991. (The 49th Annual Statistical Survey.) (Industry Overview)
Magazine article from: Wines & Vines; 7/1/1992; 700+ words
; ...resulted in a 8.6% falloff for all wine sales, as wine coolers and dessert wines were particularly hard hit by the excise...declined from 9.1% to 5.5%. Like wine coolers, dessert wines were severely impacted by the 1991 federal...
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 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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TEN WINES FOR UNDER $10 BARGAIN-PRICED WINES OFFER GOOD VALUE, TASTE.(LIVING)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 10/3/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...wine business - the wine business! No whining...last three years, wines, and red wines especially...tough to make bad wines.'' So, what happens...great $10 bottle of wine? ''If it cost...international wine library,'' Dave...have more than 200 wines in that category...
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Wine-related gifts for your host
Magazine article from: Washington Jewish Week; 6/15/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...subscription to a wine club, which will...bottles of selected wines several times each...state. The Sideways Wine Club offers three...Maya's collectable wines and Jack's Favorites...written The Great Wines of America: The Top...Other notable wine books include Oz Clarke...
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Wine in cans: improving the process.
Magazine article from: Wines & Vines; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...In 1954, two wines were packaged in cans: Carina Kan-o-wine California White...canned a series of wine coolers. In 1980...Cellars began canning wines for United Airlines...the early canned wines. According to Mark Hughes, wine packaging innovation...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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WINE TASTING UNCORKS GOOD SPIRITS.(AT HOME)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 3/16/1997; 700+ words
; ...difficult to learn about wine. Comparing and discussing wines with your friends at...way to do so. WHICH WINES TO CHOOSE? Wine, of course, is made...even creative. Good wines have complex aromas...reason professional wine tasters use such exotic...
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Wine industry blogs.(THE BLOGSMITH)
Magazine article from: Label & Narrow Web; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...concise style. He teaches wine classes at NYU and the University...just written a book titled "Wine Politics: How Governments...and Critics Influence the Wines We Drink". Recent posts include a discussion of wine flights (a small tasting...
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The Wine Club Survey Shows Increases in Wine Interest, Purchases and Consumption; Gomberg, Frederickson's Survey Profiles The Wine Club's Customers.
Business Wire; 6/2/1998; 700+ words
; ...healthy growth for The Wine Club, but it could have...more quality California wines allocated to us to sell...and 37 percent cite the Wine Club newsletter which...monthly to customers. When wines are purchased in advance, wine cellars need to be established...
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Wine trends for the '90s. (restaurant marketing)
Magazine article from: Restaurants & Institutions; 6/27/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...with that particular wine." 2. ADDITIVE-FREE WINES AND LABELING As health...bacteria out of wooden wine barrels. Even though...occur naturally in wines, wines aged in sulfur...particularly Riesling wines, are coming into their own again. Wine critic Bruce Galphin...
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wine
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...other than the grape, e.g., elderberry wine, dandelion wine. Characteristics Wines are distinguished by color, flavor, bouquet...of Bordeaux (rev. ed. 1999). German Wine Fine German wines are generally light, dry, white wines made...
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Wine Authenticity
Book article from: World of Forensic Science
...rumors of counterfeit wines and cases of fraud associated with wine increased drastically...of Australia's top wines and was named Wine of the Year by The Wine...of the parts of the wine bottle and experience with wines are fundamental to the...
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Wine Industry
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...a taste for table wines, which transported wine consumption from the...another California wine producer, who designed his wines to taste like those...manipulate grapes and wines to achieve desired...Unlike the European wine industry, which was...
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Wine
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...percent to 14 percent. Wine types can be divided...categories: table wines, sparkling wines...since the quality of wine can depend on proper ageing, older wines are generally more...better than Egyptian wine. For this reason...importing it. Then Roman wines (from what would...
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Beringer Wine Estates Holdings, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...1996 as Beringer Wine Estates Holdings...NASDAQ SICs: 2084 Wines, Brandy & Brandy...California, Beringer Wine Estates Holdings...California varietal table wines, marketing its wines...late 1990s, Beringer Wine Estates ranked as the top seller of premium wines in the United ...
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