Hock is an English word for German wine, short for the now obsolete word hockamore (hochheimer), after the German town of Hochheim on the Main. Hochheim is a traditional vineyard site in the Rheingau region where wine shipments to England used to originate for many years.

Because of the famous taste and its supposed healthiness it is a British saying that "A good Hock keeps away the doc!" Today the term "Hock" is occasionally seen on bottles of (mostly cheap) wine in the United Kingdom, in a similar way to claret.

In Australia, it is still known as the main ingredient of an old-fashioned but cooling summer drink named 'hock, lime and lemon'.

German wines

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