Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sweet wine made from grapes that have been left to freeze on the vines. They are pressed while still frozen so that the grape sugar and acid remain intensely concentrated.
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- noun A
sweet dessert wine made fromgrapes that areharvested after they have naturally frozen on the vine.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Translation of German Eiswein : Eis, ice + Wein, wine.]
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German Eiswein
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