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AGLIANICO (ITALIAN FULL-BODIED RED WINE FROM BASILICATA)
ARMAGNAC (DEEP-COLORED BRANDY FROM SOUTHWEST FRANCE)
BANYULS (FRENCH FULL-BODIED SWEET RED WINE FROM THE ROUSSILLON REGION)
BAROLO (ITALIAN DRY, BITTER, TANNIC, FULL-FLAVORED RED WINE FROM THE PIEDMONT REGION)
BLAUFRANKISCH (AUSTRIAN RED WINE)
CHAMPAGNE, ROSE (FRENCH CARBONATED WINE MADE WITH PINOT NOIR AND/OR PINOT MEUNIER GRAPES)
CHARDONNAY, AUSTRALIAN
CHARDONNAY, CALIFORNIA, FULL-BODIED (AND OAKIEST)
CHINON (FRENCH MEDIUM-BODIED RED WINE FROM THE LOIRE VALLEY, MADE WITH CABERNET FRANC; SEE ALSO CABERNET FRANC)
CROZES-HERMITAGE (FRENCH FULL-BODIED RED FROM THE RHONE VALLEY)
FRAMBOISE LAMBIC BEER (RASPBERRY-FLAVORED BEER FROM BELGIUM)
GINGER ALE (GINGER-FLAVORED SOFT DRINK)
HERMITAGE, RED (SPICY, FRUITY, TANNIC)
HIGH-TANNIN WINE (I.E., YOUNG RED WINES; E.G., BAROLO, BARBARESCO, RED BORDEAUX, CABERNET SAUVIGNON, MERLOT, SYRAH, ZINFANDEL)
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, DARK (TOP-FERMENTING, WITH SWEETISH NOTES AND HINTS OF CHOCOLATE; MALT ACCENTS WITH LOW HOP BITTERNESS)
MEDOC (AREA IN BORDEAUX PRODUCING MEDIUM- TO FULL-BODIED RED WINE OF BLACK PURPLE HUE, BIG CHEWY TANNINS, AND RICH PLUMMY AROMAS)
MERITAGE (AMERICAN RED WINE MADE IN THE STYLE OF BORDEAUX; BLENDING OF CABERNET SAUVIGNON, MERLOT, CABERNET FRANC, MALBEC, AND PETIT VERDOT)
PILSNER (DRY BEER WITH PRONOUNCED HOPPY TASTE, FROM THE CZECH REPUBLIC)
PINOT GRIGIO / PINOT GRIS (NORTHERN ITALIAN LIGHT- TO MEDIUM-BODIED WHITE WINE BEST DRUNK YOUNG; PINOT GRIS, FROM THE WESTERN UNITED STATES, IS SIMILAR BUT FULLER-BODIED; ALSATIAN PINOT GRIS IS THE FULLEST-BODIED OF ALL AND ALSO KNOWN AS TOKAY D'ALSACE)
ROSE (LIGHT- TO MEDIUM-BODIED PINK WINE TYPICALLY MADE FROM RED GRAPES; LIGHT-COLORED BECAUSE OF MINIMAL CONTACT WITH GRAPE SKINS; SEE ALSO ROSADO)
SAKE, AGED (FULL-BODIED, RICH; SOME ARE ALSO KNOWN AS KOSHU)
SAUTERNES (FRENCH WHITE DESSERT WINE FROM BORDEAUX)
SHERRY, AMONTILLADO (AGED SHERRY, FINO FROM ANDALUCIA; SERVE COOLER THAN ROOM TEMPERATURE; CONSUME SOON AFTER OPENING)
SHIRAZ, SPARKLING (AUSTRALIAN SPARKLING WINE, WHICH RANGES FROM DRY TO SWEET)
SWEET WINE (E.G., ASTI, SOME CHARDONNAY, CALIFORNIAS, CHENIN BLANC, GERMAN WINE, LAMBRUSCO, LATE HARVEST WINE, PORT, RIESLING, SAUTERNES, SHERRY, VOUVRAY)
TEA, ASSAM (INDIAN, FULL-BODIED)
TEA, DARJEELING (INDIAN FULL-BODIED TEA, BLACK)
TEA, PU-ERH (CHINESE; OFTEN BLENDED WITH CHRYSANTHEMUM, FROM THE YUNNAN PROVINCE)
VIN JAUNE (FRENCH DRY MEDIUM-BODIED WHITE WINE, YELLOW IN COLOR; FROM THE JURA REGION)
VOLNAY (FRENCH MEDIUM-BODIED RED WINE FROM BURGUNDY; SEE ALSO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BURGUNDY, RED)
WHISKEY (LIQUOR MADE FROM FERMENTED GRAIN MASH AGED IN WOOD; FROM THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, SCOTLAND, IRELAND)