table wine

noun

1. a wine that contains not more than 14 percent alcohol and is usually served as an accompaniment to food.

table wine

noun

1. a wine considered suitable for drinking with a meal

Word History and Origins

Origin of table wine¹

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

He envisioned an America that drank dry table wine (much lower in alcohol at 12% by volume) instead of whiskey.

From The Daily Beast

Upon the great table wine had been spilt, and dripped to swell a red pool upon the floor.

From Project Gutenberg

Several times I have caught her drinking the table-wine and eating our prunes.

From Project Gutenberg

This last takes its title from a village in the neighbourhood of Tirano, where a table-wine is chiefly grown.

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