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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

Early to bed and early to rise, his life was devoted to two things: erudition and Rhine wine.

The wine people were plutocrats, and had red or white Rhine wine every day for dinner.

He praised the Rhine wine highly, and thanked the Meisers for their hospitality.

He answered inconsequentially, decanted Rhine wine into port, and betrayed absence of mind in all manner of ways.

Assmanschausen is a red Rhine wine of high degree; some gourmets call it the Burgundy of the Rhine.

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