Winelike

Essentially, cru means that youre asking for serious Beaujolais, a real wine, as opposed to something winelike. ❋ Tyler Colman (2008)

But the first people to appreciate the cacao tree were probably after a buzz of another kind -- a fermented, winelike drink, research shows -- and only later discovered the chocolaty taste we love today. ❋ William Harryman (2007)

The morning, which must have been toward the end of September -- Stern had lost accurate count but reckoned the day at about the twenty-fifth -- dawned clear and bracing, with just a tang of winelike exhilaration in the air. ❋ George Allan England (1906)

We argued with him whilst we shivered in the bracing winelike air, but Ben was stubborn. ❋ Harry Leon Wilson (1903)

It's also derived from grapes and delivers a lingering, faintly ghostly winelike quality. ❋ By ROSIE SCHAAP (2011)

It's a winelike Champagne, with rich woodsy undertones that add robustness to golden currant, fino ❋ Jon Bonné (2010)

Diller had an idea that she calls "a little iconoclastic": A red, winelike substance actually drips from the ceiling - slowly, as if it were an unintentional leak from above, or blood from an IV - and splashes messily into the lower chamber of a plexiglass vitrine so that the liquid pools up beneath, but doesn't touch, the stemware mounted sideways inside. ❋ By TED LOOS (2010)

Sherry vinegar has a distinctive nutty, winelike quality and great depth of flavor. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Sherry vinegar worked well too, but its definite winelike character stood out. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"I suppose," remarked the doctor, smacking his lips over a reddish solution with a winelike flavor, "I suppose we can expect something of that sort on the Earth, too, in time. ❋ Homer Eon Flint (1908)