table wine

table wine

English

Etymology

The standard of identity is from the Code of Federal Regulations, title 27, section 4.21(a)(2).

Noun

table wine (countable and uncountable, plural table wines)

1. (US) Wine that is not fortified or sparkling.
2. A low-quality wine, suitable for drinking at mealtimes.
3. (US standards of identity) A grape wine containing at most fourteen percent alcohol by volume.

Translations

ordinary wine, which is neither fortified nor sparkling

Finnish: pöytäviini French: vin de table (fr) m, jaja (fr) m, f Galician: viño de mesa (gl) m German: Tafelwein (de) m

Hungarian: asztali bor (hu) Irish: fíon boird m Russian: столо́вое вино́ n (stolóvoje vinó) Spanish: vino de mesa m

Further reading

• table wine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia