american wine

american wine
noun
Usage: usually capitalized A
: a United States wine made from grapes developed from or containing blood of an American wild grape (Vitis labrusca) and grown chiefly in the eastern or middle western part of the United States; broadly : any wine made in the U.S. — compare california wine

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