sparkling wine

noun

: an effervescent table wine

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An interesting wine list includes English sparkling wines like Hundred Hills, and there are 5,000 more bottles in the cellar. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 May 2026 McDonald’s recently introduced its own take on it, and Broken Yolk Cafe has a cocktail made with vodka and sparkling wine. Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 14 May 2026 Nano opened a bottle of sparkling wine made with six indigenous grapes grown only in the surrounding acres and sliced off a taste of his housemade sausages. Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026 Known for its peppery, licorice-like notes, muddled tarragon lends an extra layer of botanical flavor to the famous French cocktail of gin, lemon juice, sweetener, and dry champagne or sparkling wine. Jenavieve Christensen, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for sparkling wine

Word History

First Known Use

1565, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sparkling wine was in 1565

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“Sparkling wine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sparkling%20wine. Accessed 22 May. 2026.

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