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Rhine wine

DEFINITIONS OF: Rhine wine

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n any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage)

Synonyms:
Rhenish, hock
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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