Definitions
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- adjective of a wine that is dry but not extremely dry
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Examples
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Somewhere between off-dry and medium-dry, this has all kinds of soft, ripe fruit nicely balanced by fresh acidity and a pleasantly bitter note on the finish.
Sasha Smith 2009
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A demi-sec medium-dry, it was the color of golden syrup, with a honeyed character finished off with just the faintest trace of fizz.
The Key to Aging Gracefully Will Lyons 2011
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To complement the meal, owner Charlie Tanjung recommends Otokoyama, a popular dry sake, or Wakatake Onikoroshi, a smooth medium-dry sake.
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Look for a sherry called "Amontillado," which refers to the medium-dry character of the wine.
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Somewhere between off-dry and medium-dry, this has all kinds of soft, ripe fruit nicely balanced by fresh acidity and a pleasantly bitter note on the finish.
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Somewhere between off-dry and medium-dry, this has all kinds of soft, ripe fruit nicely balanced by fresh acidity and a pleasantly bitter note on the finish.
LENNDEVOURS: 2008
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One 750-milliliter bottle medium-dry white sparkling wine, well chilled
Daisy’s Holiday Cooking Daisy Martinez 2010
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And it's why Finlandia is spending untold millions to mix medium-dry martinis for 007.
Absolut On The Rocks 2007
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A medium-dry martini is approximately five parts gin to one part vermouth; a very dry martini is eight parts gin to one part vermouth.
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Malmsey is really an after-dinner drink - apparently Verdelho Madeira medium-dry is really the one to drink with cake - but I am sure that on this occasion it will do nicely.
Archive 2005-10-01 2005
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