The phrase "admirable wine" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe wine that is worthy of admiration, often due to its quality, taste, or craftsmanship.
Example: "After tasting several varieties, we finally settled on an admirable wine that perfectly complemented our meal."
Alternatives: "commendable wine" or "praiseworthy wine".
The most expensive piece was an admirable wine vessel of architectural form from the Shang Dynasty that Mr. Hardy bought from Eskenazi in London in December 1985.
We gave him a sendoff with far more laughs than tears, spent several days plundering his admirable wine collection, and pronounced ourselves lucky.
* An admirable wine, tasty, focused, attractive, about 25% of wines tasted.
The Sea Grill's admirable wine list has always tilted towards global whites, with bottlings in every price category.
I spoke with a few wine critics who mentioned the Gaunoux and de Courcel families as producing admirable wines from Les Rugiens, despite being less well known than, for instance, the legendary de Montille family.
But it is also a fine addition to dessert sauces and compotes, and an admirable nonalcoholic substitute for wine in dishes of cooked meats.
The 2014 Chianti Classico is 100% Sangiovese, and offers delicious cherry fruit that is so typical of this area; with medium-weight tannins and subdued wood notes, this is a charming, nicely balanced wine with admirable typicity.
The small show of models and drawings at Senior & Shopmaker gives some background on Mr. Wines's inventive and admirable effort to integrate form, function and environment.
By contrast, he cited the wine list at Café Boulud as admirable for offering, among hundreds of very expensive bottles, a section of 60 or so wines from a dozen countries, all $60 and under.
These are admirable qualities in the often confusing and chaotic wine marketplace.
THE BAR Full bar; concise, admirable microbrewery beer and ale list; and well-chosen wine list, with suggested pairings with entrees.
