dessert wine

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a sweet wine served with dessert or sometimes after a meal.

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In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

First recorded in 1765–75

The smell of grilled meat mixes with the exotic wafts of cinnamon tea served with a mush of sweet brown dessert.
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I guess we know how Bacchus kept his title as the god of wine and intoxication.
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It was popularized as a holiday dessert in 16th-century England and also is known as Christmas pudding or plum pudding.
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The possibilities seem endless: Who needs a trip to the liquor store when the toddler can turn water into wine, amirite?
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All Champagne is sparkling wine but not all sparkling wine is Champagne.
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HE ordered a lunch which he thought the girl would like, with wine to revive the faculties that he knew must be failing.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
And when wine had unselfed my noble father, you received his passionate insults with forbearance and forgiveness!
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“Let us have some of your best wine to-day, waiter,” said old Wardle, rubbing his hands.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
He smoked two cigars; then he went inside and drank another glass of wine.
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Aristide called on Madame Coquereau, who entertained him with sweet Frontignan wine, dry sponge cakes and conversation.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke