Rhine wine

/raɪn waɪn/
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Other forms: Rhine wines

Definitions of Rhine wine
  1. noun
    any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage)
    synonyms: Rhenish, hock
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    types:
    Riesling
    fragrant dry or sweet white wine from the Rhine valley or a similar wine from California
    liebfraumilch
    a sweetened Rhenish wine (especially one from Hesse in western Germany)
    type of:
    white wine
    pale yellowish wine made from white grapes or red grapes with skins removed before fermentation
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