pertaining to wine

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• Wine tasting — (often, in wine circles, simply tasting) is the sensory examination and evaluation of wine. While the practice of wine tasting is as ancient as its production, a more formalized methodology has slowly become established from the 14th century… …   Wikipedia

• Douro Wine Company — The Douro Wine Company was founded by the Portuguese Prime Minister, the Marquis of Pombal, to bring more Portuguese control and oversight to the Port wine trade. The Douro Wine Company (also known as the General Company of Agriculture of the… …   Wikipedia

• Ethereal oil of wine — Ethereal E*the re*al, a. 1. Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions. [1913 Webster] Go, heavenly guest, ethereal… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• heavy oil of wine — Ethereal E*the re*al, a. 1. Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions. [1913 Webster] Go, heavenly guest, ethereal… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Tabula Cortonensis — The Tabula Cortonensis (sometimes also Cortona Tablet) is a 2200 year old, bronze artifact of Etruscan origin, discovered in Cortona, Italy. It may record for posterity the details of an ancient real estate transaction which took place in the… …   Wikipedia

• Vinous — Vi nous, a. [L. vinosus, fr. vinum wine: cf. F. vineux. See {Wine}.] Of or pertaining to wine; having the qualities of wine; as, a vinous taste. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• oeno- — also oino , word forming element meaning pertaining to wine, from comb. form of Gk. oinos wine (see WINE (Cf. wine) (n.)) …   Etymology dictionary

• vine — [vīn] n. [ME < OFr vine < L vinea, vine < vineus, pertaining to wine < vinum, wine, akin to Gr oinē, vine, oinos, wine, prob. a loanword from a pre IE language of the Pontus region (> Heb yayin)] 1. a) any plant with a long, thin… …   English World dictionary

• vineal — /vin ee euhl/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to grapes or grapevines. 2. of or pertaining to wine or winemaking. [1650 60; < L vinealis, equiv. to vine(a) VINE + alis AL1] * * * …   Universalium

• oenology —   n. study of wines.    ♦ oenological, a.    ♦ oenologist, n.    ♦ oenophilist, n. wine lover.    ♦ oenopoetic, a. pertaining to wine making …   Dictionary of difficult words

• Vinic — Vin ic, a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to wine; as, vinic alcohol. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English