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the adjective that lets you sound like a sommelier without ever uttering the word wine.
means Relating to, resembling, or characteristic of wine — its color, taste, or even its effects.
from Straight from Latin vinosus, "full of wine," built on vinum (wine) — the same vine-laden root that gives us vine, vineyard, and vintage. The Latin vinum is itself part of a wide Mediterranean wine-word family (Greek oinos is a likely cousin), all springing from the ancient cultures that first pressed grapes.
- latin root
- From vinum, the Latin word for wine
- color too
- Means a deep purplish-red, not just winey
- poet favorite
- Beloved by writers describing flushed cheeks and dusk
- sea sibling
- Homer's wine-dark sea is pure vinous imagery
- medical use
- Doctors call dark venous blood vinous in tone
for instance
barossa valley — australian wine region producing 20% of the country's wine
bordeaux — french region producing 5.5 million hectoliters of wine annually
napa valley — california wine region with 475 wineries generating $13.5 billion annually