red wine

noun

: a wine with a predominantly red color derived during fermentation from the natural pigment in the skins of dark-colored grapes

Examples of red wine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web As for pairing, chef suggests their Conquistador red wine or the blood orange IPA. —

The Arizona Republic, 9 Apr. 2024 Catena’s father, Nicolás, first settled on the Adrianna site in 1992 after renowned French vintner Jacques Lurton said that the family’s Catena Malbec tasted like a Cabernet from the Languedoc, a warm French region known at the time for an over-ripe style of red wine. —

Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2024 Moderate consumption of red wine may also be linked to lower incidence of coronary heart disease. —

Christian Mysliwiec, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2024 Here’s an interesting tasting exercise: Two red wines of the same price but widely divergent expressions. —

Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024 The architect Levin and AOL CEO Case agreed to the merger in secret, over dinner and a bottle of red wine in a Manhattan hotel room in November 1999. —

Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2024 The second photo in the set featured a menu from the restaurant and a bottle of red wine flanked on either side by two full glasses of the wine. —

Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024 Restaurant consultant Ashley Rose topped blood and bacon velvet cake with a blood and red wine buttercream frosting. —

The Indianapolis Star, 27 Feb. 2024 The red wines all hail from the 2021 season, while Sauvignon Blanc is from the 2022 vintage. —

Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2024

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