red wine

noun

1. wine having a predominantly red color derived from the skin pigment in the red or other dark-colored grapes used in making it.

Word History and Origins

Origin of red wine¹

First recorded in 1745–55

Example Sentences

“They probably shoved him with beef and red wine,” Lauper says, less aggrieved than sympathetic.

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White Castle Vineyard grows 75% black grapes for red wine, which is surprising to many visitors.

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I’m definitely having a few glasses of red wine.

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A soldier with a dusty uniform sat eating a burger and drinking red wine with his M-16 cradled on his lap.

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They offer to buy her a drink, which she graciously declines; the incredible glass of red wine she sips with her ribeye steak is quite enough.

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