Rheingau

American  

[rahyn-gou] / ˈraɪn gaʊ /

noun

1. a small wine-growing region in Hesse, in central Germany, on the Rhine.

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Example Sentences

Some might be marked “grosses gewächs,” indicating a dry wine from a top site, unless it comes from the Rheingau region, where such a wine might be marked “erstes gewächs.”

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2020

But that phrase is not employed in the Rheingau region, where the preferred term is “erstes gewächs.”

From New York Times • May 3, 2018

Hi Eric, VDP Rheingau members agreed to stop using the term Erstes Gewächs in 2012 and moved to the 4-tier VDP system.

From New York Times • May 3, 2018

Hi Eric, VDP Rheingau members agreed to stop using the term Erstes Gewächs in 2012 and moved to the 4-tier VDP system.

From New York Times • May 3, 2018

And a busy life began to move in the Rheingau beside Ingelheim; the wood vanished, and the earth was cleared to receive the vine.

From The Wine-ghosts of Bremen by Hauff, Wilhelm