Vinum Rhenanum[1] sensu lato e media valle Rhenano provenit, qui nostro aevo in plures regiones vinearias subdividitur, TheodisceMittelrhein, Rheingau, Rheinhessen. Sunt qui vinum Alsaticum sub rubrica Rhenanorum comprehendunt.[2] Aliquae vineae Rhenanae iam sub imperio Romano florebantur. Recentius dicebatur:
saec. XIII exeunte: La Desputoison du vin et de l'iaue (Achille Jubinal, ed., Nouveau recueil de contes, dits, fabliaux, et autres pièces inédites des XIIIe, XIVe et XVe siècles vol. 1 [Lutetiae, 1839] pp. 293-311
1748: Georg Heinrich Behr, Zwey Bücher Von der Materia medica. Argentorati (pp. 541-544 apud Google Books) ("Vina Rhenana ... Hochheimense, Kostheimense, Rhenogoviense(de), Bacharacense, Rüdesheimense, Johannisbergense, Erbacense, Hattenheimense, Marckbrunnense, Raventhalense, Neuendorffense")
1842: Jonathan Pereira, The Elements of Materia Medica and Therapeutics. 2a ed. Londinii (vol. 2 p. 1671 apud Google Books)
1875: Henry Vizetelly, The wines of the world characterized and classed, with some particulars respecting the beers of Europe (Londinii: Ward, Lock, 1875) pp. 39-51