maderized - A wine tasting term for a wine that has been affected by oxidation. In extreme examples the wine (usually white wine) has begun to turn brown. This process is identical to the browning that occurs in an apple that has had a bite taken out of it. The term comes form the wines of Madeira, which are very brown, due to a great deal of oxidation. Take a sip, as Flash is needed to utilize the WineDefinitions database, http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer.