Name for the white wine from the Portuguese DOC area Bucelas; see under Hock.
Formerly a common name in England (also Hoc or Hockamores) for Rhine wines from Germany, referring to the wine-growing community of Hochheim (Großlage Daubhaus) at the eastern end of the German wine-growing region of Rheingau. A "Hochheimer" (this name was also used as a synonym for the Riesling in former times) was...
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