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Default Discolored wine

dis·col·ored, dis·col·or·ing, dis·col·ors
v.tr.
To alter or spoil the color of; stain.
v.intr.
To become altered or spoiled in color.
Anders

"Mike Tommasi" > skrev i melding
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> On 06/06/2011 15:14, DaleW wrote:
>> I've never seen discolored used to mean clear.
>> I've certainly had wines that looked darker than I expected (which would
>> possibly indicate oxidation) show well.

>
> Is "discolored" a term that you use in the US?
>
> Does it mean wine that has been somehow made lighter in colour on purpose,
> or wine that has somehow degraded and lost its colour accidentally?
>
> Seemed like a weird question to me.