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  • adjective of a wine that is dry but not extremely dry

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • To complement the meal, owner Charlie Tanjung recommends Otokoyama, a popular dry sake, or Wakatake Onikoroshi, a smooth medium-dry sake.

    In Cobble Hill, Finally Diving Beyond Sushi 2011

  • Look for a sherry called "Amontillado," which refers to the medium-dry character of the wine.

    Kurt Friese: Gazpacho: Liquid Salad 2010

  • 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.

    Diploma Dispatches: European Grab Bag 2008

  • 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

  • One 750-milliliter bottle medium-dry white sparkling wine, well chilled

    Daisy’s Holiday Cooking Daisy Martinez 2010

  • And it's why Finlandia is spending untold millions to mix medium-dry martinis for 007.

    Absolut On The Rocks 2007

  • 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.

    © Kai Hecker Appletini 2 oz. vodka... 2006

  • 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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