Definition of Table wine

1. Noun. Wine containing not more than 14 percent alcohol usually served with a meal.

Generic synonyms: Vino, Wine
Specialized synonyms: Vin Ordinaire

Definition of Table wine

1. Noun. (American English) Wine that isn't fortified or sparkling. ¹

2. Noun. A low-quality wine, suitable for drinking at mealtimes. ¹

3. Noun. (US standard of identity) A grape wine containing at most fourteen percent alcohol by volume. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Table Wine

table of contents
table rapping
table salt
table saw
table saws
table service
table soccer
table stakes
table talk
table tapping
table tennis
table tilting
table tipping
table turning
table wine (current term)
tableau
tableau vivant
tableaus
tableaux
tablebase
tablebases
tablebook
tablebooks
tablecloth
tableclothed
tablecloths
tabled
tablefork
tableful

Literary usage of Table wine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Where the Great German Wines Grow: A Guide to the Leading Vineyards by Hans Ambrosi (1976)
"Tafelwein (table wine)—The legal designation, as of July 1971, for the group of light table wines, country wines, and carafe wines in the European Common ..."

2. Northern Italy, Including Leghorn, Florence, Ravenna and Routes Through by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1913)
"WINE (vino da pasto, table-wine ; nero, red ; bianco, white ; dolce, pastoso, ... In Tuscany the ordinary table-wine is still sometimes served in a 'fiasco' ..."

3. American Druggist (1889)
"The family (home) beverage and the table wine must, as soon as fermentation ceases, be drawn off the lees and filled into a slightly ..."

4. The Practical Hotel Steward by John Tellman (1913)
"Red Nebbiolo Secco, dry table wine. Lombardy wines, considered of rather poor quality. Well known growths from that section are: Red Corvino dry " Malvasia ..."

5. Paris and Environs, with Routes from London to Paris: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1894)
"A whole bottle of the ordinary red table-wine, or vin ordinaire, is generally ... "Where a whole bottle of table-wine is included in the charge for dinner, ..."

6. Italy: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1906)
"... Barbara, and Grignolino (an agreeable table-wine), and the sparkling Asti ... In Tuscany the ordinary table-wine, which is met with all over N. Italy ..."

7. Italy: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1906)
"... (an agreeable table-wine), and the sparkling A*fi ... In Tuscany the ordinary table-wine, which is met with all over N. Italy under the name ..."

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