单词 | table wine |
释义 | table winen. Wine suitable for drinking with a meal, esp. ordinary grape wine as opposed to stronger, fortified wine, sparkling wine, or wine made from other fruits or with added flavouring; a wine of this kind. In later use also: wine of moderate or basic quality as opposed to that of a superior, more closely regulated and usually regionally distinct kind. Cf. Tafelwein n., vin de table n. at vin n. Compounds, vino da tavola n. at vino n. Additions. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > class or grade of wine > [noun] > ordinary or table wine table wine1673 ordinary wine1806 vin ordinaire1820 ordinaire1845 vino de pastoc1870 vino corriente1932 vin de table1948 vino da tavola1956 Tafelwein1972 vinho corrente1980 vinho de consumo1980 1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 340 The red Florence wine is most commended for a table wine of any in Italy. 1687 R. Wolley tr. N. Besongne Present State France (new ed.) i. xvi. 140 In lieu of a former allowance of a dozen of Bread, two Quarts of Table-Wine, and six Larded Fowls. 1714 A. Stanyan Acct. Switzerland i. 7 The white is neither too spirituous, nor too weak or acid, but when it is made in good Years, is an excellent Table-Wine. 1792 tr. J. D. P. E. Levade Acct. Nat. Sleep-walker 18 He distinguished the latter by smell, and said ‘This is not our table wine.’ 1824 T. Jefferson Memorandum Bks. 18 Dec. (1997) II. 1408 A cask of 30. galls. of table wine, or vin ordinaire. 1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey III. v. iv. 73 Very fair table-wine, I think. 1860 C. Redding French Wines & Vineyards xvii. 169 The table wines are a little dearer in price than the wines intended for the still. 1934 J. I. Davis Beginner's Guide to Wines 49 Tavel..is a most delicious table wine. 1968 Daily Tel. 13 Dec. (Colour Suppl.) 41/1 So often in statistics no distinction is made between table wine, fortified wine, and aperitif wine. 1994 Oxf. Compan. Wine 945/1 Within France table wine is known as vin de table. The distinct and superior category is vin de pays. 2001 S. Walton You heard it through Grapevine vii. 154 If the service of table wines is often characterised by cack-handed ignorance, the service of dry sherry ought to be referred to the International Court of Justice. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1673 |
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