Rhone

[ US /ˈɹoʊn/ ]
NOUN
  1. a major French river; flows into the Mediterranean near Marseilles
    the valley of the Rhone is famous for its vineyards
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How To Use Rhone In A Sentence

  • It was the dead of winter and there was snow on the ground and sheets of ice on the Rhone.
  • Another less useful and sometimes damaging effect of mountains is their funnelling properties: The Mistral is a cold northerly wind that is redirected through the Rhone valley by the surrounding heights.
  • It was not until 1966 that the Cotes Du Rhone Villages appellation was finally established producing wines from 16 individual communes.
  • Of the two Tain Houses, Jaboulet's Cotes du Rhone shades the Chapoutier effort with more of a pepper and savoury green olive flavour.
  • Australia's Shiraz actually came from the Rhône Valley, via one man, who was on a vine-collecting journey to Europe's great wine regions for the benefit of Australian viniculture.
  • The chief of these were the Burgundians, who were the first to establish themselves in burgs, in the country between the Alps and the Rhone, and were already Christians; and the Franks, who came over the Rhine, and whose royal line was properly called the Salic (from the river Yssel), but is also known as the Meerwings (sons of Meerwig), and as the Long-haired, because unshorn locks were a token of royal descent. A Parallel History of France and England; Consisting of Outlines and Dates
  • One negotiant might have wines that cost as much as $100 or $1,000 per bottle, but it may also put plenty of care into its Côtes du Rhône that sells for as little as $8 or $9 per bottle. Cotes du Rhone Wine Shopping Tips
  • O'Grady and Geslin were still in the lead, some hundred miles into the stage, when the peloton climbed steadily into the area known as Le Forez, the watershed between the rivers Saone and Rhone.
  • the valley of the Rhone is famous for its vineyards
  • Rhone Resch , president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association, praised Obama's speech.
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