vinous

Example Sentences

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Year’s end means it’s time for our annual vinous navel-gazing about developments of the past year and crystal-ball prognostications about trends for the next.

From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2021

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

Black established the existence of this air in the expired breath of animals, and also showed that it was present in the air evolved during vinous fermentation.

From Heroes of Science Chemists by Muir, M. M. Pattison (Matthew Moncrieff Pattison)