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1677 E. Browne Acct. Trav. Germany 45 After a handsome supper, with plenty of excellent Moselle Wine, we went to bed between two feather-beds.

1682 Art & Myst. of Vintners 58 Put into the Vessel 20 ounces of Mossel.

1693 R. Ames Bacchanalian Sessions 6 Rhenish, Hock, Old and Young, Moselle, and Backrag.

1780 Farmer's Mag. Oct. 293 The Moselle wines differ from those of other countries in a peculiar lightness.

1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 156 Thy wit..Is like cool moselle.

1869 W. Black In Silk Attire II. 240 He..contemplatively stirred his Moselle with a bit of biscuit.

1879 H. Vizetelly Facts about Champagne xvi. 176 The sparkling moselles..are largely dosed with the preparation of elder-flowers, which imparts to them their well-known muscatel flavour and perfume.

1915 W. Cather Song of Lark i. iv. 30 A thin glass full of sweet-smelling, sparkling Moselle wine.

1968 Vogue Dec. 141/1 A young moselle is a perfect aperitif, especially if it has that rare characteristic spritzig.

1994 Oxf. Compan. Wine 639/1 As a result of its success in the English-speaking world, Moselle became a generic name for any light, medium dry, faintly aromatic wine.