How to Use vinous in a Sentence

vinous

adjective
  • Beyond this season, there are vinous ways to give all year ‘round.
    — Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Even if prices keep rising, the best-performing stocks tend to beat their vinous peers.
    — The Economist, 24 Aug. 2019
  • Some people believe pairing wine with chocolate is a vinous sin.
    — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 1 June 2022
  • Now there’s a community of people who not only share that vinous worldview but take it a step further.
    — Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report, 28 Nov. 2021
  • The idea of such a wine smacks of ’80s-era excess, the vinous equivalent of a perm and glittery shoulder pads.
    — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 30 Apr. 2020
  • This set should thrill fans of natural wine and fuel many a vinous debate over the nature of terroir and the strictures of convention.
    — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2023
  • The overwhelming first impression is of a vinous tartness, but this gives way to a juicy mid-palate and an appealingly dry finish.
    — Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2019
  • For wine lovers, the only thing that is equally pleasurable to drinking the fruit of the vine is enhancing one’s knowledge of the vinous treasure.
    — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The drinker spoons up almonds and raisins that have been simmering into the boozy stew, imparting their flavors to it and soaking up its vinous goodness.
    — M. Carrie Allan, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2019
  • Here are three delightful white wines from the Mediterranean, perfect for your virtual vinous travel this summer.
    — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
  • Here then are three categories of hot spot — coastal, island and inland — all renowned for the sort of summers that require a thirst-quenching, vinous antidote.
    — Patrick Comiskey, latimes.com, 15 May 2018
  • Three new and notable Napa tasting rooms level up the options for top-shelf vinous experiences in the valley.
    — Sunset Magazine, 29 Aug. 2022
  • His prose has an oratorical flair, like a vinous soliloquy summoning us to enjoy the pleasures of the grape.
    — Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Large groups should definitely look into a private experience in the beautiful cellar, where some very rare vinous treasures are housed.
    — Paul Caputo, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The stark landscape, intense sun and dry heat result in an austere and fiercely mineral wine, whose textural thrust seems to be a vinous version of the vines' stark surroundings.
    — Patrick Comiskey, latimes.com, 15 May 2018
  • So those seated, reserved tastings may stay, with customers seeking a reflective hour of vinous pleasure casting side-eye at the raucous superspreader crowd at the bar.
    — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 25 May 2023
  • Bottles from Washington are also showing up at auction and on the collector’s market, proof of the desirability of the state’s vinous output.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Less told is the story of the wine program, which has grown to the point of bursting, a cascading, antediluvian overflow of wine wine wine, which dominates the restaurant’s interior tableau as a sort of none-too-subtle vinous call to arms.
    — Jordan Michelman, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2023
  • Deciphering them, however, can provide entertainment—a geographical vinous treasure hunt that may incite you to travel.
    — Tom Mullen, Forbes, 24 July 2022
  • From Chianti’s enduring legacy to the rise of rebellious Super Tuscans, the book explores the triumphs and trials that shaped Tuscany’s vinous identity.
    — Jessica Dupuy, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • That may be because there is not a lot of it there, accounting for around 3 percent of the country’s vinous output, but those in the know are aware that Australian Pinot Noir is an underappreciated national treasure.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 7 May 2024
  • But the culinary and vinous offerings are American products, hailing from esteemed wineries and cheesemakers from the West, albeit with a little French influence, and appropriately elevated for an event of this caliber.
    — Hugh Garvey, Sunset Magazine, 1 Dec. 2022

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