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Even the Roman Emperor Probus supported winemaking on the hills that lead down to the Rhine-Valley, on which mostly white wines are made today.
regions within Germany
AhrBaden
FrankenHessische Bergstrasse
MittelrheinMosel-Saar-Ruwer
NahePfalz
RheingauRheinhessen
Saale-UnstrutSachsen
Württemberg
The first vines were brought to Germany at the end of the second century AD, and cultivated on the banks of the Rhine and in the Mosel Valley. Starting in the 6th century, viniculture was documented. After the Romans, the monasteries of the Middle Ages were responsible for it. The 30 Years War and then later the attack of the phylloxera vastatrix decimated the vineyards, but it has never actually died out.

The best vineyards are in the Rhine Valley and on the bank-sloes of the Neckar, Main, Mosel and Ahr rivers, as well as on the banks of the Bodensee, Saale, and Unstrut. Germany is split into 13 growing-regions, 11 of which are on the Rhine or its . The regions are again split into about 38 areas that, according to winelaws, are made up of several spots where wines taste similar. But this definition isn't always correct.

The wine laws distinguish 4 classes. Starting with table wines, the demands continue to increase for country wines, quality wines from a certain region, to the highest quality class, the Quality wines of Predicate.

Germany's wine production is dominated by white wines. 80% of the vines are white, like the Mueller-Thurgau, Riesling, and Kerner. More than half of the white are processed to dry or semi-dry wines.

Winery (selected) from Wine country Germany
Schlossgut Graf von Neippberg
Weingut Hermann Dönnhoff
Franken-Weingut Bauerschmitt
Gutsverwaltung von Schubert
Weingut Albrecht Schwegler

Wine (selected) from Wine country Germany
Kiedricher Gräfenberg von Weingut Robert Weil
Oberhäuser Brücke von Weingut Hermann Dönnhoff
Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr von Weingut Fritz Haag
Ihringer Winklerberg von Weingut DR. Heger
Ihringer Winklerberg von Weingut DR. Heger


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WINE BOOK


2001 Wine Watch Guide

2001 Wine Watch Guide
by Don Moyer

Azienda Agricola Cascina Zoina, Oleggio, Italia
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