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A white wine
Answer for the clue "A white wine ", 8 letters:
riesling
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Word definitions for riesling in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1833, from German Riesling (15c.), the name of the grape, of uncertain origin.
Usage examples of riesling.
Also called Johannisberg Riesling or white Riesling, this is the grape from which most of the great wines of Germany are made.
The Babbitts then visit the even more unhappily married Rieslings, where Babbitt bullies clever, bitter Zilla Riesling into letting Paul go with him.
Shasa was delighted with their bargain, and though he seldom drank more than a glassful, this afternoon he finished the rest of the Riesling while he and the boys cooked their lunch on the barbecue pit.
The dry whites can't compete with Sichuan seasonings, the reds overwhelm the subtle flavors of the nonspicy dishes, and the Rieslings are sometimes just too sweet for anything but fortune cookies.
The Babbitts and Rieslings sat doubtfully on stone-hard brocade chairs in the small living-room of the flat, with its mantel unprovided with a fireplace, and its strip of heavy gilt fabric upon a glaring new player-piano, till Mrs.
It seems to be settled now, isn't it—though of course Zilla keeps rooting for a nice expensive vacation in New York and Atlantic City, with the bright lights and the bootlegged cocktails and a bunch of lounge-lizards to dance with—but the Babbitts and the Rieslings are sure-enough going to Lake Sunasquam, aren't we?
Hope it doesn't break just when we and the Rieslings get ready to go to Maine.
Starcher said weanly "Look, I can get an other sailor Ten thousand can buy most of the ship captains in Miami for the night I chose you because of old ties, nothing more Because Riesling always said you weren't afraid of anything The money would be enough to get you settled wherever you want And if I can pull anything at all off in Havana, you won't have to worry about being followed for the rest of your life So if you can't believe me, then just turn the offer down " He looked down at the 38 "Hell, go ahead and pull the trigger, if you're that crazy "