- wine
- nounADJECTIVE▪ red, white▪ fizzy (BrE), sparkling▪ dry▪ sweet▪ light▪
He served a light white wine with the lunch.
▪ full-bodied, heady, strong▪ fruity▪ sour▪a cheap sour wine
▪ mature, young▪The younger wines will be mature after about three years.
▪ new, old▪some new wines from South Africa
▪ excellent, expensive, fine, good, great, quality, vintage▪ cheap, table▪ house▪The restaurant's house wines are Australian.
▪ dessert▪ fortified▪fortified wines such as port and sherry
▪ mulled, spiced▪ chilled▪chilled white wine
▪ dandelion, elderberry, rice, etc.… OF WINE▪ drop (esp. BrE)▪Would you like another drop of wine?
▪ bottle, carafe, decanter, glassVERB + WINE▪ drink▪Do you drink wine?
▪ have▪I'll have some wine, please.
▪ taste▪He went to Chile to taste wines.
▪ sip, take a sip of▪She took a sip of her wine.
▪ gulp, gulp down, swig▪ take a gulp of, take a swig of▪ pour (sb)▪The waiter went around pouring the wine.
▪ make, produce▪The winery has been making wine for 25 years.
▪ age, mature▪wine aged in the bottle
▪ chill▪ order, serve▪ ply sb with▪They always ply their clients with wine before getting down to business.
▪ produce▪About 60% of Australia's wine is produced in South Australia.
WINE + VERB▪ flow (figurative)▪The wine flowed freely at the party.
▪ go to your head▪The wine had gone to his head and he was starting to talk rubbish.
▪ breathe▪Open the wine an hour before the meal to let it breathe.
▪ be corked▪ age, matureWINE + NOUN▪ bottle, glass▪ cooler (= for cooling wine)▪ list, selection▪The restaurant has an extensive wine list.
▪ rack▪I took another bottle from the wine rack.
▪ cellar▪ bar▪ shop (esp. BrE), store (esp. AmE)▪ cooler (= a drink) (AmE), spritzer▪ vinegar▪Add two tablespoons of white wine vinegar.
▪ grape▪Red wine grapes grow well here.
▪ tasting▪We hold occasional wine-tasting sessions.
▪ drinker▪ grower, growing▪a wine-growing region
▪ distributor (esp. AmE), importer, merchant (esp. BrE)▪ sales▪ business, industry▪ country, region▪a farm at the edge of northern California's wine country
PHRASES▪ wine (sold) by the glass▪A good selection of wine by the glass was on offer.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
