‖ Tafelwein
(ˈtaːfəlvaɪn)
Also tafelwein. Pl. -e.
[Ger., lit. ‘table wine’.]
Wine of less than middle quality, suitable for drinking with an ordinary meal; = table wine s.v. table n. 22. Cf. vin de table s.v. vin.
| 1972 Times 27 Nov. (Wines & Spirits Suppl.) p. iii/5 There will be three categories of wine: tafelweine for all the vins ordinaires; qualitäswein for the middle quality wines..; and qualitätswein mit prädikat. 1978 W. F. Buckley Stained Glass xix. 186 He flashed his light down and saw a half-empty case of white Tafelwein. 1980 A. Scholefield Berlin Blind iii. 183 A bottle of tafelwein half empty. |