vin chaud

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French vin (“wine”) + chaud (“hot”).

Noun

vin chaud (countable and uncountable, plural vins chauds)

1. Mulled wine.
   • 2007, Nicola Boden, "On the slippery slope to excitement", Yorkshire Post, 5 December 2007:

     Our destination was a hidden chalet nestled in snowdrifts where an enormous bowl of spicy vin chaud awaited us.

   • 2007, Gemma Bowes, "Love in a cold climate", The Guardian, 23 December 2007:

     There's just time for a quick vin chaud in Mountain Restaurant Eggli, where we sit on wooden benches wrapped in fleece blankets, following the sun's arc into the horizon behind the toothy mountains.

   • 2008, Goro Shimura, The Map of My Life, Springer (2008), →ISBN, page 109:

     The two French gentlemen ordered beer, but I had a vin chaud (warmed red wine), as it was a chilly day.