white wine

/waɪt waɪn/

/hwaɪt waɪn/

/waɪt waɪn/

Other forms: white wines

Definitions of white wine

1. noun

   pale yellowish wine made from white grapes or red grapes with skins removed before fermentation
   types:

   Canary wine

   a sweet white wine from the Canary Islands

   Chablis, white Burgundy

   dry white table wine of Chablis, France or a wine resembling it

   Montrachet

   a white Burgundy wine

   Chardonnay, Pinot Chardonnay

   dry white table wine resembling Chablis but made from Chardonnay grapes

   Pinot blanc

   dry white California table wine made from white Pinot grapes

   Sauvignon blanc

   a California wine

   Moselle

   German white wine from the Moselle valley or a similar wine made elsewhere

   Muscadet

   dry white wine from the Loire valley in France

   Rhenish, Rhine wine, hock

   any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage)

   sack

   any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry)

   Soave

   dry white Italian wine from Verona

   Sauterne, Sauternes

   semisweet golden-colored table or dessert wine from around Bordeaux in France; similar wine from California

   Chenin blanc

   made in California and the Loire valley in France

   Verdicchio

   a dry white Italian wine made from Verdicchio grapes

   Vouvray

   a dry white French wine (either still or sparkling) made in the Loire valley

   Yquem

   a sweet white French wine

   Riesling

   fragrant dry or sweet white wine from the Rhine valley or a similar wine from California

   liebfraumilch

   a sweetened Rhenish wine (especially one from Hesse in western Germany)

   type of:

   vino, wine

   fermented juice (of grapes especially)