Wine lovers, we have a reason to cheer and feel appreciated as the term ‘wine o’clock’ is now officialy recognised by the Oxford English Dictionary!

OxfordDictionaries.com defines ‘wine o’clock’ as ‘An appropriate time of day for starting to drink wine’.

For a wine lover that is surely #winewednesday, #thirstythursday and anytime when it’s #winerist time, that is when you have a great wine experience.

Now, OxfordDictionaries.com have come up with some interesting examples of what ‘wine o’clock’ is:

‘I just checked my watch and it’s definitely wine o’clock’.

‘We pull ourselves away to pedal back to the hotel in time for wine o’clock.’

‘I thought that cheeky sense of humour only came out to play at wine o’clock?’