generic wine

generic wine
noun
a wine that is a blend of several varieties of grapes with no one grape predominating; a wine that does not carry the name of any specific grape
Syn: ↑generic
Ant: ↑varietal wine, ↑varietal (for: ↑generic)
Hypernyms: ↑wine, ↑vino

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noun
: a wine (as California burgundy or New York State sherry) named from the geographical location where the wine type to which it belongs originated — compare varietal wine

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