vinous

Example Sentences

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Pair it with seafood pasta or risotto, and stamp your vinous passport for the Mediterranean.

From Washington Post • Aug. 18, 2017

It’s been a long time coming, but fruit-curious Southern Californians now have a chance to taste for themselves a pear with a rich, spicy, vinous flavor.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2017

When I opened my eyes, the vinous weeds of midsummer Iowa shrouding the tracks resembled the tropics.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2016

Although its vinous star has dimmed a bit since then with the incursion of mass-market versions, mostly in large liter bottles, Grüner Veltliner is still a stalwart presence on many good wine lists.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2016

It was found in Sumatra by Mr. Curtis, travelling for Messrs. Veitch, in 1882—a large green flower, margined and touched here and there with white, the pouch vinous purple.

From The Woodlands Orchids by Boyle, Frederick