Definition

Noun: * A type of wine that is typically pale yellow or golden in color, produced by fermenting the juice of grapes without their skins. It can be made from both white grape varieties and, less commonly, from the juice of red or black grapes where the skins are removed before fermentation to prevent color extraction.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • She ordered a glass of chilled white wine with her fish.
  • This region is famous for its crisp, dry white wines.
  • For the recipe, you will need about half a cup of dry white wine.

Advanced Usage

• "To be in the white wine": This is not a standard idiom. The word is typically used literally to describe the beverage.
• The term can be used attributively (functioning like an adjective) to describe other nouns, e.g., , .

Variants and Related Words

• Winemaking Terms:
  • Fermentation (n): The chemical process by which yeast converts sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide, crucial to wine production.
  • Must (n): The freshly crushed grape juice that contains the skins, seeds, and stems.
• Wine Styles (Related Categories):
  • Red wine (n): Wine made from dark-colored grape varieties, fermented with the skins.
  • Rosé wine (n): Wine that has some color from grape skins, but not enough to qualify as red wine.
  • Sparkling wine (n): Wine containing significant levels of carbon dioxide, making it fizzy (e.g., Champagne).

Synonyms

• Vino (n, informal): A general, informal term for wine.
• Vintage (n): Can refer to the wine from a particular year's harvest, e.g., "a good vintage of white wine."

Related Phrases

• "To pair with white wine": To match a food with a white wine that complements its flavors.
  • Lighter dishes like chicken or seafood often pair well with white wine.
• "A bottle of white": A common informal shortening, especially in social contexts.
  • Shall we open a bottle of white?

Related Idioms

• "Wine and dine": To entertain someone by offering them a good meal and drinks, which could include white wine.
  • The company wined and dined the potential clients.
• "Age like fine wine": To improve with time. While often associated with red wines, it can apply to certain white wines.
  • Some Rieslings can age like fine wine for decades.

Noun

1. pale yellowish wine made from white grapes or red grapes with skins removed before fermentation