straw wine
noun
: a sweet wine produced by partially drying the grapes on beds of straw prior to vinification
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Robinson also produces a straw wine — a dessert wine where the grapes, in this case Zinfandel, are dried on straw mats post-harvest to concentrate sugars.
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Bryce Wiatrak, SFChronicle.com, 21 Feb. 2018
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Bryce Wiatrak, SFChronicle.com, 21 Feb. 2018
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“Straw wine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/straw%20wine. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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