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nounsemisweet golden-colored table or dessert wine from around Bordeaux in France; similar wine from California
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A deliberate misspelling by American vintners of the name of the famed French wine region Sauternes and the wines they produce.
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sauterne. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sauterne
MLA
“sauterne.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sauterne. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sauterne,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sauterne.
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