port wine made from white grapes.
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > fortified wine, Madeira wine, and sack > [noun] > port > types of port (11) white port1691 port wine made from white grapes. blackstrap1763 A name for: cheap, strong red wine or port of an inferior quality. Now historical. Roriz1817 A variety of port produced on the Roriz estate. ruby port1817 a deep red port, esp. one matured in wood for only a few years and then fined. tawny port1847 a port wine made from a blend of several vintages matured in wood (see quot. 1951). log-juice1854 cheap port wine. Cockburn1859 Port produced or shipped by the firm of Cockburn's; a bottle or variety of port of this type. Also (and in earliest use) in the genitive, used absol.… black stripe1862 (a) = blackstrap, n. 1; (b) a disease of tomatoes caused by the fungus Alternaria solani, in which blackish lines appear on the stem followed by… ruby1924 Something likened to a ruby in colour. = ruby port n. at compounds 2b. tawny1929 = tawny port n. at compounds 4 below. Taylor1940 Port wine shipped by the firm of Taylor, Fladgate, and Yeatman. |
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