white wine

American  

noun

• white wines
  plural

1. wine having a yellowish to amber color derived from the light-colored grapes used in production, or from dark grapes whose skins, pulp, and seeds have been removed before fermentation.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• white wines
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of white wine

1250–1300; Middle English; compare French vin blanc

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Example Sentences

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white wine

I first really understood this while making Alison Roman’s dill-packed potato-leek soup, published originally a little over five years ago, which finishes with white wine vinegar.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

But the white wine dominance could soon change -- threatened not by the war, but by climate change.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

That contributed to the popularity of other DIY pickle-infused drinks, including pickle lemonade, pickle margaritas and this summer, white wine with frozen pickle slices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

His choice of a 2022 Domaine Leflaive Batard Montrachet is the first white wine he has ever liked, while the red, a 1990 Chateau Lafite Rothschild from Pauillac in Bordeaux, is particularly poignant.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026

“It would turn a man’s blood to white wine winegar to hear him tell of it, sir,” said the landlord.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

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