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Rhine wine

noun

  1. any of numerous varieties of wine produced in the Rhine valley.
  2. any of a class of white wines, mostly light, still, and dry.


Rhine wine

noun

  1. any of several wines produced along the banks of the Rhine, characteristically a white table wine such as Riesling
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Rhine wine1

First recorded in 1835–45
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Example Sentences

Often, California winemakers appropriated European geographical designations, calling their wines names like Chablis, Rhine wine, Chianti and Burgundy.

Gaguine had a bottle of Rhine wine brought; we drank it slowly.

"That next you is some sort of Rhine wine: this is sherry; and here is the very best claret I ever tasted."

Many presents of “the good Rhine wine” and other luxuries, as well as books, instruments, and other kindly remembrances, came in from friends of the expedition.

It has an Evangelical and a Roman Catholic church, and carries on an extensive trade in wine, the English word “Hock,” the generic term for Rhine wine, being derived from its name.

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