ginger wine

British  

noun

1. an alcoholic drink made from fermented bruised ginger, sugar, and water

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Example Sentences

And the toast was drunk in ginger wine and water, out of willow-patterned tea-cups, because the glasses couldn't be found.

From The Railway Children by Nesbit, E. (Edith)

“No rum, gentlemen?” said Silas; “well, you do astonish me; but you’ll taste my wife’s green ginger wine, and drink her health?”

From Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" by Stables, Gordon

The Scottish housekeeper, Mrs. Wallace, was also a devoted friend and a great dispenser of cakes, ices, and home-made cowslip and ginger wine.

From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Child-Villiers, Margaret Elizabeth Leigh

We played desert islands all the afternoon and drank Uncle's health in ginger wine.

From The Story of the Treasure Seekers by Nesbit, E. (Edith)

He was shown into the blue-and-white room, and there, after business had been transacted, very nervously on Miss Ailie's part, she offered him his choice between ginger wine and what she falteringly called wh-wh-whiskey.

From Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)