[Sp.; = wine-shop:—L. apothēca, a. Gr. ἀποθήκη dépôt, store.] A wine-shop in Spain; recently adopted as a specific name for a cellar or shop for the sale of wines only.
1876. Vineyard to Decanter, 18. The bodega … unlike the English idea of a wine cellar, is a large building above ground.
1879. T. H. S. Escott, England, I. 162. Wine-shades, bode-gas, and saloons abound both above and under ground [in Liverpool].
1885. Manch. Examiner, 14 July, 5/3. An enterprising firm of wine merchants have popularised their specialities by the multiplication of bodegas.
