Rhone wine

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noun

any of numerous varieties of wine produced in the Rhone River valley, between Lyons and the Mediterranean.

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Origin of Rhone wine

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby Rhone wine

Rhondda, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Rhone, Rhône-Alpes, Rhone River, Rhone wine, rhopalid bug, R horizon, rhotacism, rhotacize, rhotic

How to use Rhone wine in a sentence

I guess we know how Bacchus kept his title as the god of wine and intoxication.
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All Champagne is sparkling wine but not all sparkling wine is Champagne.
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“Enjoying the bubbles is as important as enjoying the wine,” Goldston says.
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The wine cellar—one of the best in the world—survived World War II and is guarded around the clock.
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HE ordered a lunch which he thought the girl would like, with wine to revive the faculties that he knew must be failing.
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And when wine had unselfed my noble father, you received his passionate insults with forbearance and forgiveness!
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“Let us have some of your best wine to-day, waiter,” said old Wardle, rubbing his hands.
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He smoked two cigars; then he went inside and drank another glass of wine.
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Aristide called on Madame Coquereau, who entertained him with sweet Frontignan wine, dry sponge cakes and conversation.
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