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AGED WINE
AGLIANICO (ITALIAN FULL-BODIED RED WINE FROM BASILICATA)
BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU (TWO-MONTH-OLD FRENCH LIGHT-BODIED RED WINE, OUT IN NOVEMBER)
BEER, OKTOBERFEST (GERMAN LAGER WITH A BREAD AROMA AND GOLDEN COLOR)
BEER, WHEAT (PRIMARILY GERMAN AND BELGIAN; LIGHT IN COLOR AND FLAVOR; AKA WEIZEN BIER)
BLAUFRANKISCH (AUSTRIAN RED WINE)
CABERNET SAUVIGNON (FULL-BODIED RED WINE)
CHAMPAGNE (CARBONATED WINE FROM SECONDARY FERMENTATION, USUALLY MEDIUM-BODIED; SEE ALSO CAVA, PROSECCO, AND SPARKLING WINE)
CHARDONNAY, CALIFORNIA, FULL-BODIED (AND OAKIEST)
CHATEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE, WHITE
CHINON (FRENCH MEDIUM-BODIED RED WINE FROM THE LOIRE VALLEY, MADE WITH CABERNET FRANC; SEE ALSO CABERNET FRANC)
CIDER, HARD (ALCOHOLIC FERMENTED APPLE JUICE)
CLARET (FRENCH MEDIUM-BODIED RED WINE FROM BORDEAUX, MADE MAINLY FROM CABERNET SAUVIGNON, MERLOT, AND CABERNET FRANC; SMALL AMOUNTS OF MALBEC AND PETIT VERDOT ARE ALSO USED)
COGNAC OR COGNAC-BASED COCKTAILS
GIN AND GIN COCKTAILS
HERMITAGE, RED (SPICY, FRUITY, TANNIC)
HERMITAGE, WHITE
ICE WINE (SWEET WHITE WINE MADE FROM GRAPES THAT HAVE BEEN NATURALLY FROZEN ON THE VINE THEN PICKED; PEAR, APRICOT, APPLE FLAVORS; VERY RICH; MADE IN AUSTRIA, GERMANY, CANADA, AND NEW YORK'S FINGER LAKES REGION; AKA EISWEIN)
LAGER (TOP-FERMENTING BEER BREWED PRIMARILY FROM MALTED BARLEY, HOPS, AND WATER; LIGHT IN COLOR, HIGH IN CARBONATION WITH A MILD HOP FLAVOR)
MONASTRELL (THICK-SKINNED GRAPE THAT MAKES SPANISH MEDIUM- TO FULL-BODIED RED WINE; LOTS OF TANNIN, BLACKBERRY, SPICE, PEPPER, AND LEATHER NUANCES; SEE ALSO MOURVEDRE)
MULLER-THURGAU (GERMAN LIGHT-BODIED WHITE WINE; DESCRIBED AS A CROSS BETWEEN RIESLING AND SYLVANER)
NAVARRA (AREA IN NORTHERN SPAIN PRODUCING MEDIUM-BODIED RED WINE WITH CHERRY, CEDAR, AND CIGAR AROMAS AND SPICY TANNINS)
NEBBIOLO (ITALIAN MEDIUM-BODIED WINE FROM GRAPES GROWN IN THE PIEDMONT AREA; DOMINANT GRAPE IN BARBARESCO AND BAROLO; WITH MUSHROOM, VIOLET, AND BLACK CURRANT CHARACTERISTICS; SEE ALSO BARBARESCO AND BAROLO)
PETITE SIRAH (NEW WORLD FULL-BODIED RED WINE)
POMMARD (FRENCH RED WINE FROM BURGUNDY)
RHONE, WHITE (FRENCH, FULL-BODIED WINE FROM THE NORTHERN RHONE; E.G., VIOGNIER)
RIBERA DEL DUERO (SPANISH FULL-BODED RED WINE)
RIESLING, KABINETT (DRIEST GERMAN RIESLING)
RIESLING, LATE HARVEST (GERMAN SWEET WHITE WINE)
RIOJA, WHITE (SPANISH, LIGHT- TO MEDIUM-BODIED)
ROUSSANNE (FRENCH FULL-BODIED WHITE WINE FROM THE RHONE VALLEY)
SANGIOVESE (ITALIAN MEDIUM-BODIED RED WINE, PRIMARILY FROM TUSCANY; SEE ALSO CHIANTI, BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO, ETC.)
SHIRAZ, SPARKLING (AUSTRALIAN SPARKLING WINE, WHICH RANGES FROM DRY TO SWEET)
SPARKLING WINE (SPARKLING WINE NOT MADE IN THE CHAMPAGNE REGION OF FRANCE; E.G., SPANISH CAVA, ITALIAN PROSECCO, GERMAN SEKT, ETC.; SEE ALSO CHAMPAGNE, CAVA, PROSECCO, VOUVRAY, SPARKLING, ETC.)
SUPER TUSCAN (ITALIAN MEDIUM TO FULL-BODIED BLENDED RED WINE)
TEA, EARL GREY (TEA, BLACK FLAVORED WITH OIL OF BERGAMOT)
TEA, ENGLISH BREAKFAST (BLEND OF TEA, BLACK VARIETIES, USUALLY ASSAM AND CEYLON)
TEA, PLUM OOLONG (CHINESE, MEDIUM-BODIED; SOUR PLUM ADDED BEFORE DRYING)
TXAKOLI (SPANISH LIGHT-BODIED, HIGH-ACID, SEMI-SPARKLING, WHITE WINE FROM THE BASQUE REGION; AKA TXACOLI AND CHACOLI)
VALPOLICELLA
ZINFANDEL, WHITE (CALIFORNIA SWEET BLUSH WINE MADE FROM ZINFANDEL GRAPES)