Definition of Rhone wine

1. Noun. Any of various wines from the Rhone River valley in France.

Generic synonyms: Vino, Wine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhone Wine

Rhodope Mountains
Rhodophyceae
Rhodophyta
Rhodosphaera
Rhodosphaera rhodanthema
Rhodospirillium rubrum
Rhodymenia
Rhodymenia palmata
Rhodymeniaceae
Rhoeadales
Rhombozoa
Rhonda
Rhone
Rhone-Alpes
Rhone River
Rhone wine (current term)
Rhus aromatica
Rhus copallina
Rhus diversiloba
Rhus glabra
Rhus laurina
Rhus ovata
Rhus quercifolia
Rhus radicans
Rhus rhodanthema
Rhus toxicodendron antigen
Rhus toxicodenedron
Rhus trilobata
Rhus typhina
Rhus venenata antigen

Literary usage of Rhone wine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hand-book for Travellers in France: Being a Guide to Normandy, Brittany, the by John Murray (Firm) (1844)
"... penetrate even through the Rhone wine, when it is judiciously added. The average price of a hogshead (barrique) of genuine wine of first growth, ..."

2. A Handbook for Travellers in France: Being a Guide to Normandy, Brittany by John Murray (Firm) (1867)
"... of spirit they have little, and will distil away into nothing, yet the aroma will be retained and penetrate even through the Rhone wine, when it is ..."

3. London Society edited by James Hogg, Florence Marryat (1878)
"It is not Upper Burgundy nor yet Rhone wine, most assuredly. It is neither very generous nor very vigorous ; but for all that, // у а <Ы bouquet pas mal, ..."

4. A History and Description of Modern Wines by Cyrus Redding (1833)
"Merchants often preserve the wines of Bar in full quality by mixing with them a little of the Rhone wine, of Bordeaux, or Burgundy, which agrees well with ..."

5. The American Travellers' Guides: Hand-books for Travellers in Europe and the by William Pembroke Fetridge (1874)
"... and will distill away into nothing, yet the aroma will be retained and penetrate even through the Rhone wine, when it is judiciously added. ..."

6. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1849)
"The barber hasted to fetch a jug of Rhone wine, and as many goblets as there were persons in the room. When all the glasses were filled, the captain bid the ..."

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