straw wine


noun
  1. a usually rich or sweet wine produced from grapes partially dried on the vine or picked and dried in the sun on a bed of straw or reeds.

Origin of straw wine

1
First recorded in 1815–25

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British Dictionary definitions for straw wine

straw wine

noun
  1. any of several wines made from grapes dried on straw mats to increase their sugar strength

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