table wine

noun

: an unfortified wine containing not more than 14 percent alcohol by volume and usually suitable for serving with food

Examples of table wine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Portugal’s Douro Valley is of course best known for port, and in the last 30 years or so for sturdy red table wines. Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023 From 2015 to 2016, U.S. imports of Mexican table wine grew 48 percent, according to a MarketWatch report. Simone Jacobson, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022 It’s been seven decades since the company’s visionary vintner, Max Schubert, flouted traditional winemaking principles by creating a red table wine that combined a base variety of shiraz with the best grapes from across South Australia. Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 8 May 2021 That is also reflected in the US table wine consumption. Per and Britt Karlsson, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022 See all Example Sentences for table wine 

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Word History

First Known Use

1673, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of table wine was in 1673

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“Table wine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/table%20wine. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.

Kids Definition

table wine

noun
: a wine suitable for serving with food
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