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Wine

Also called vino

Wine is an alcohol made from fermented grape juice. It has a fruity aroma and is used in marinades and stews.

  • Contains alcohol

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category
Drinks
Made from
Grape juice
Cooked most in
Europe, The Americas
Top country
France
Wine, whole

Photo: A.Savin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use wine

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Marinade
  • Stew

Cooking with it

Heating wine can reduce its alcohol content while making its acidity and sweetness more prominent. Avoid faulty wine for cooking; heating also destroys the range of flavors in fine wine.

Flavour

Taste and texture

Aroma

  • Fruity

Around the world

Where wine is cooked

7 dishes in the catalogue use wine. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list wine among their ingredients.

Origins

  1. About 4,100 BCE · Armenia

    The earliest known winery dates from this period.

On the table

Dishes made with wine

5 of the 7 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.
  • Hallaca

    Venezuela

  • Batiburrillo

    Paraguay

  • Bouillabaisse

    France

  • Fenkata

    Malta

  • Swedish mackerel soup

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include wine.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: wine in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Alcohol
Contains

Family

Related forms

Made from
grape juice (fermented)

Around the world

What wine is called

Names in 226 languages, from Wikidata.
  • Spanish

    vino

  • French

    vin

  • Italian

    vino

  • Portuguese

    vinho

  • German

    Wein

  • Dutch

    wijn

  • Greek

    κρασί

  • Turkish

    şarap · mey

  • Russian

    вино

  • Polish

    wino

  • Arabic

    نبيذ · خمر

  • Persian

    شراب · می · باده · خمر

Show all 226 languages
  • Afrikaans

    wyn

  • Aghem

    lʉ̀ ǹ tùghu mò

  • Akan

    bobesa

  • Albanian

    vera

  • Amharic

    የወይን ጠጅ

  • Ancient Greek

    οἶνος · ϝοῖνος

  • Angika

    दारू

  • apc

    نبيد

  • Aragonese

    vin

  • Aramaic

    ܚܡܪܐ

  • Armenian

    գինի

  • Arpitan

    vin

  • Assamese

    সুৰা

  • Asturian

    vinu

  • Awadhi

    वाइन

  • azb

    شراب

  • Azerbaijani

    şərab

  • bag

    maábɔ́

  • Balinese

    Wine

  • Bangla

    দ্রাক্ষাসুরা

  • Basaa

    maòk

  • Bashkir

    шарап

  • Basque

    ardoa · arnoa

  • Bavarian

    Wein

  • Belarusian

    віно

  • Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)

    віно

  • Bikol

    arak

  • bkc

    pe

  • bkh

    malɔk

  • Bosnian

    vino

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    vinho

  • Breton

    gwin

  • Bulgarian

    вино

  • Buriat

    дарһан

  • Burmese

    ဝိုင်

  • Cantonese

    葡萄酒

  • Catalan

    vi

  • cdo

    può-dò̤-ciū

  • Cebuano

    alak

  • Central Kurdish

    مەی

  • Chechen

    чагӏар

  • Chinese

    葡萄酒

  • Chuvash

    эрех

  • Cornish

    gwin

  • Crimean Tatar

    şarap

  • Croatian

    vino

  • Czech

    víno

  • Danish

    vin

  • dty

    वाइन

  • Duala

    mao

  • Egyptian Arabic

    نبيت

  • eml

    vén

  • Esperanto

    vino

  • Estonian

    vein

  • eto

    wɔ́ɔ́nì

  • etu

    amɛm

  • Ewondo

    wân

  • Extremaduran

    vinu

  • Faroese

    vín

  • Fiji Hindi

    wine

  • Fijian

    Waini (Gunu alakaolo)

  • Filipino

    alak

  • Finnish

    viini

  • fmp

    nduʼ

  • Friulian

    vin

  • Galician

    viño

  • Gan Chinese

    葡萄酒

  • Gbaya

    dɔ̧ɔ̧

  • gcr

    ven

  • Georgian

    ღვინო

  • Ghomala

    mluʼ phə́phə́

  • Gothic

    𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽

  • Guarani

    víno

  • Haitian Creole

    diven

  • Hebrew

    יין

  • Hindi

    हाला

  • Hungarian

    bor

  • hyw

    գինի

  • Iban

    Wain

  • Icelandic

    vín

  • Ido

    vino

  • Inari Sami

    viini

  • Indonesian

    anggur

  • Interlingua

    vino

  • Interlingue

    vin

  • Inuktitut

    ᕓᓂ

  • Irish

    fíon

  • isu

    mɨnlʉ

  • isv (Cyrillic)

    вино

  • isv (Latin)

    vino

  • Jamaican Creole English

    wain

  • Japanese

    ワイン · ブドウ酒 · ぶどう酒 · 葡萄酒

  • Javanese

    anggur

  • Kabardian

    санэ

  • Kara-Kalpak

    vino

  • Karachay-Balkar

    чагъыр

  • Kashubian

    wino

  • Kazakh

    шарап

  • kbp

    ŋvɛɛ sʊlʊm

  • ker

    kumuy

  • Khmer

    ស្រា

  • Kom

    mɨluʼ ɨ ntô

  • Korean

    포도주

  • Kurdish

    şerab

  • Kwasio

    ywān

  • Kyrgyz

    шарап

  • Ladino

    vino

  • Latin

    vinum

  • Latvian

    vīns

  • lbe

    чахир

  • lem

    meluku

  • Ligurian

    vin

  • Limburgish

    wien

  • Lingua Franca Nova

    vino

  • Lithuanian

    vynas

  • lns

    mèkàrà

  • Lombard

    vin

  • Low German

    Wien

  • Low Saxon

    wien

  • Lower Sorbian

    wino

  • Lule Sami

    vijnna

  • Luxembourgish

    Wäin

  • Macedonian

    вино

  • Maithili

    वाइन

  • Malagasy

    divay

  • Malay

    wain

  • Malayalam

    വീഞ്ഞ്

  • Maltese

    nbid

  • Manx

    feeyn

  • Māori

    wāina

  • Marathi

    वाईन

  • Mari

    арака · вино

  • mcp

    ”mərɔ́k me bən"

  • Medumba

    ndù'

  • Min Nan Chinese

    phô-tô-chiú

  • Minangkabau

    anggur

  • Mingrelian

    ღვინი

  • Mirandese

    bino

  • mnw

    ဝိုင်

  • Mongolian

    дарс

  • Mundang

    yimmi/ bil bil

  • nah

    huino

  • Neapolitan

    vino

  • Nepali

    वाइन

  • Ngiemboon

    melùʼ

  • Nias

    Agu

  • Northern Sami

    viidna · viidni · viinna

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    vin

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    vin

  • nrm

    vîn

  • Occitan

    vin

  • Old English

    ƿīn

  • Ossetic

    сæн

  • Palatine German

    Woi

  • Pashto

    شراب

  • Picard

    vin

  • Piedmontese

    vin

  • Punjabi

    ਵਾਈਨ

  • Quechua

    winu

  • Romanian

    vin

  • Rusyn

    вино

  • Samogitian

    vīns

  • Sardinian

    binu

  • Scots

    wine

  • Scottish Gaelic

    fìon

  • Serbian

    вино

  • Serbian (Cyrillic)

    вино

  • Serbian (Latin)

    vino

  • Shan

    ဝၢႆႇ · လဝ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇဢိတ်ႇ

  • Shona

    wayini

  • Sicilian

    vinu

  • Silesian

    wino

  • Simplified Chinese

    葡萄酒

  • Sindhi

    شراب

  • sjd

    выннҍ

  • Skolt Sami

    vijnn

  • Slovak

    víno

  • Slovenian

    vino

  • Southern Sami

    vijne

  • Sundanese

    anggur

  • Swahili

    divai

  • Swedish

    vin

  • Swiss German

    Wy

  • Swiss High German

    Wein

  • Tajik

    бода · май · шароб · хамр

  • Tamil

    வைன்

  • Tatar

    шәраб

  • Telugu

    వైన్

  • Thai

    ไวน์ · เหล้าองุ่น

  • Toki Pona

    telo nasa kili

  • Traditional Chinese

    葡萄酒

  • Tumbuka

    vinyo

  • Tuvinian

    вино

  • tvu

    meluku

  • Udmurt

    вина · аракы

  • Ukrainian

    вино

  • Upper Sorbian

    wino

  • Urdu

    شراب

  • Uyghur

    ۋىنو

  • Uzbek

    sharob

  • Venetian

    vin

  • Veps

    vin

  • Vietnamese

    rượu vang

  • Võro

    vein

  • vut

    mɨ̀njúŋgà

  • Walloon

    vén

  • Waray

    bino

  • Welsh

    gwin

  • wes

    mimbo

  • West Flemish

    wyn

  • Western Frisian

    wyn

  • Western Panjabi

    شراب

  • Wu Chinese

    葡萄酒

  • Xhosa

    iveyn

  • Yakut

    вино

  • Yangben

    makɛp

  • yas

    mɔgɛ́bɔ

  • yat

    wáany / maloʼ má mobógógó

  • Yemba

    meluʼ

  • Yiddish

    וויין

  • Zaza

    şerab

  • Zhuang

    laeuj makit

Sources and credits

Data

  • GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
  • Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
  • Wikimedia Commons: photos
  • Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wikidata item: Q282

Photos

Photo: A.Savin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons