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straw wine
noun
- a usually rich or sweet wine produced from grapes partially dried on the vine or picked and dried in the sun on a bed of straw or reeds.
straw wine
noun
- any of several wines made from grapes dried on straw mats to increase their sugar strength
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of straw wine1
First recorded in 1815–25
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Example Sentences
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Imprimis, half a bottle of Forzato—our old Straw wine.
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"Lucia," said Count Nicholas, "you will join me in a bottle of the Straw wine in honour of the stopping of the horses; and you will drink to the health of these gentlemen who are with us, to whom we owe so much."
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