English Explanatory Dictionary

dessert wine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of many relatively sweet wines, traditionally drunk at the end of a meal.
  2. Grape wine with an alcohol content of more than fourteen, but at most twenty-four, percent, by volume.

Word forms

dessert wine dessert wines

Etymology

The standard of identity is from the Code of Federal Regulations, title 27, section 4.21(a)(3).

Related words

wine from unpressed grapes Ausbruch straw wine
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