GENERIC WINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does generic wine mean? 

• GENERIC WINE (noun)
  The noun GENERIC WINE has 1 sense:

1. wine that does not meet the minimum qualifications and standards for use of a designation by appellation of origin (where the grapes are grown) or by varietal content; may only be labeled by proprietary (made-up) name, by general color (such as 'vin rouge', 'vino rosso', 'rotwein', 'red wine', etc.), or by general class (as 'vin ordinaire', 'vin de table', 'vino da tavola', 'tafelwein', 'table wine', etc.)

  Familiarity information: GENERIC WINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENERIC WINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wine that does not meet the minimum qualifications and standards for use of a designation by appellation of origin (where the grapes are grown) or by varietal content; may only be labeled by proprietary (made-up) name, by general color (such as 'vin rouge', 'vino rosso', 'rotwein', 'red wine', etc.), or by general class (as 'vin ordinaire', 'vin de table', 'vino da tavola', 'tafelwein', 'table wine', etc.)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

generic; generic wine

Hypernyms ("generic wine" is a kind of...):

vino; wine (fermented juice (of grapes especially))

Antonym:

varietal wine (a wine made principally from one grape and carrying the name of that grape)