RED WINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does red wine mean? 

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

1. wine having a red color derived from skins of dark-colored grapes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RED WINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wine having a red color derived from skins of dark-colored grapes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "red wine"):

Beaujolais (dry fruity light red wine drunk within a few months after it is made; from the Beaujolais district in southeastern France)

Medoc (red Bordeaux wine from the Medoc district of southwestern France)

Pinot noir (dry red California table wine made from purple Pinot grapes)

claret; red Bordeaux (dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine)

Chianti (dry red Italian table wine from the Chianti region of Tuscany)

Cabernet; Cabernet Sauvignon (superior Bordeaux type of red wine)

Merlot (dry red wine made from a grape grown widely in Bordeaux and California)

Rioja (dry red table wine from the Rioja region of northern Spain)

zinfandel (dry fruity red wine from California)

Holonyms ("red wine" is a substance of...):

sangaree; sangria (sweetened red wine and orange or lemon juice with soda water)

 Context examples 

They are also found in red wine.

(Diet Rich in Coffee, Fruits, Vegetables Can Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer by 65%, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A flask of red wine stood at his elbow, and he seemed to be very much at his ease, for his feet were stuck up on a stool, and between his thighs he held a dish full of nuts.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)