white wine

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white wine - pale yellowish wine made from white grapes or red grapes with skins removed before fermentation vino, wine - fermented juice (of grapes especially) Canary wine - a sweet white wine from the Canary Islands white Burgundy, Chablis - dry white table wine of Chablis, France or a wine resembling it Montrachet - a white Burgundy wine Pinot Chardonnay, Chardonnay - dry white table wine resembling Chablis but made from Chardonnay grapes Pinot blanc - dry white California table wine made from white Pinot grapes Sauvignon blanc - a California wine Moselle - German white wine from the Moselle valley or a similar wine made elsewhere Muscadet - dry white wine from the Loire valley in France hock, Rhenish, Rhine wine - any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage) sack - any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry) Soave - dry white Italian wine from Verona Sauterne, Sauternes - semisweet golden-colored table or dessert wine from around Bordeaux in France; similar wine from California Chenin blanc - made in California and the Loire valley in France Verdicchio - a dry white Italian wine made from Verdicchio grapes Vouvray - a dry white French wine (either still or sparkling) made in the Loire valley Yquem - a sweet white French wine