Blush Wine (1984)

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   "Blush wine" is not in the OED.  "Blush," meaning "rosy colour," is in the OED from 1590.
   The NEW YORK TIMES first citation is 1984, and it becomes very frequent after that.  Obviously, if I had full text of a California newspaper, that would help.


   1 August 1984, NEW YORK TIMES, pg. C16 ad:
   "BLUSH WINES"


(WORLDCAT database)
Title: Minimizing browning in blush wines with sulfur dioxide, glucose oxidase, ascorbic acid, tannic acid, and hyperoxidation /
Author(s): Hatfield, Jason M.  (Jason Matthew)
Year: 1994
Description: viii, 82 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm.
Language: English
 SUBJECT(S)
Descriptor: Wine and wine making.
Oxidation.
Note(s): "December 1994."/ Includes bibliographical references./ Dissertation: Thesis (M.S.)--University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1994.
Class Descriptors: LC: TP548.5.B76
Responsibility: by Jason M. Hatfield.
Material Type: Thesis/dissertation (deg); Manuscript text (mtx)
Document Type: Book
Entry: 19950727
Update: 20020705
Accession No: OCLC: 32882813
Database: WorldCat