champagne to which a small quantity of red wine has been added, or which has been allowed to remain in contact with the black grape skins for a…

A proprietary name for: a brand of champagne produced by Moët et Chandon.

The proprietary name of a brand of champagne.

A proprietary name for: a brand of champagne produced in Rheims, France; a bottle or example of this.

A proprietary name for: a brand of champagne produced by the house of Roederer in Rheims, France.

A proprietary name for: champagne produced by the house of Mumm in Rheims, France.

More fully oeil-de-perdrix champagne, oeil-de-perdrix wine. A pale red or rosé wine or champagne; the pink or pale red colour of such a wine.

A proprietary name for: a brand of champagne.

The proprietary name of a make of champagne.

A proprietary name for: a brand of champagne produced by the firm of Perrier–Jouët.

Champagne produced by the firm of Pommery & Greno; = Pommery, n. (now the more usual designation).

A proprietary name for: a brand of champagne produced in Épernay.

With adjectives or adverbs: Beyond the ordinary degree, unusually. Sometimes hyphenated in combinations; upon the resulting adjective a parasynthetic…

The proprietary name for a brand of champagne.

Of champagne and other wines: moderately sweetened; medium to medium-sweet. Also absol. or as n. Cf. sec, adj. and semi-sweet adj. at semi-, prefix…

The proprietary name of a champagne.

A proprietary name for a celebrated brand of champagne.