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

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Rhine wine

In Tanga Herr Speiser prepared a huge banquet for the officers of the Karlsruhe, invited all Tanga's remaining German colonists, piled the long table with a little forest of slender Rhine wine bottles.

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A few hours later a Russian soldier appeared at Parks's house with a case of Rhine wine on his back.

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San Franciscans have marveled at the Rhine wine savor of his Beethoven, Brahms and Schumann, as well as the elegance of his Debussy and Ravel.

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Thirteen out of the 20 gold-medal table wines, furthermore, are sold under the name of the grape out of which they are made, as Cabernet rather than claret, Riesling rather than Rhine wine.

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"Is the Rhine wine too strong for thee?" asked he.

From Barbarossa and Other Tales by Heyse, Paul