Rhine wine

American  

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.

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Rhine wine British  

noun

1. any of several wines produced along the banks of the Rhine, characteristically a white table wine such as Riesling

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Etymology

Origin of Rhine wine

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

Germany's President von Hindenburg also sent a signed picture of himself, together with 500 bottles of fine Rhine wine.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week in a comfortable Oberaudorf apartment, Baron Magnus von Braun, tanned and vigorous, celebrated his 80th birthday, marked by a four-page letter from Wernher and a gift of twelve bottles of Rhine wine.

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U.S. citizens will have their chance at mead; plain, it tastes like a Rhine wine but has more sting.

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We were now in the famous Rhine wine country.

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I shudder at the vile abomination of the whole when I think of our delicate lobster en mayonnaise^ or crouton aux truffes, red partridges in Rhine wine, and maraschino jelly, with Mo�t frapp� to perfection.

From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I by Lever, Charles James