white wine

Definition

Light-colored wine (usually yellow with a hint of green but not pink).

Etymology

From Middle English white wyn, whit win.

Example Sentences

• "In contrast to making red wine, the juice for white wine is fermented without the skins and seeds."
• "Jack Randall then impatient rose, / And said, ‘Tom's speech were just as fine / If he would call that first of goes / By that genteeler name—white wine.'"