Это вино сухое.

This wine is dry.

Breakdown of Это вино сухое.

• это: this
• сухой: dry
• вино: the wine

Questions & Answers about Это вино сухое.

Why is there no word for is in Это вино сухое?

In the present tense, Russian usually does not use a verb meaning is / am / are.

So:

• Это вино сухое = This wine is dry / The wine is dry
• literally, it is more like This wine dry

This is completely normal in Russian.
If you were talking about the past or future, you would use forms of быть:

• Это вино было сухое = This wine was dry
• Это вино будет сухое = This wine will be dry

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What does это mean here? Is it this, it is, or something else?

Это is a very common word in Russian, and here it can feel a bit tricky because it does several jobs in Russian.

In a sentence like Это вино сухое, это points something out:

• this
• this is
• sometimes almost just it

So depending on context, the whole sentence may be understood as:

• This wine is dry
• This is dry wine only in some contexts, but that is less likely here
• The wine is dry if you are indicating a particular wine

A useful learner rule is:

• Это + noun + adjective often works like This/That noun is ...

So here, think of это as a pointing word: this / this is.

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Why is сухое ending in -ое?