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ALLEINBESITZ

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MONOPOLE

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EXCEPTIONS TO ‘71 LAW MANDATING REGISTERED VINEYARDS MUST BE 5HA OR GREATER

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DOCTOR (IN BERKASTEL (MOSEL)): 3 PROPRIETORS SUCCESSFULLY MANDATED BOUNDARIES BE SHRUNK TO 3HA IN 1984

KIRCHENSTUCK AND FREUNDSTUCK ( IN FORST (VILLAGE IN PFALZ))

SCHLOSS VOLRADS (RHEINGAU)

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SCHLOSS JOHANNISBERG (RHEINGAU)

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DISCOVERED EDELFAULE GRAPES MAKE GOOD WINE

FIRST SPATLESE HARVESTING: 1775

AUSLESE: 1787

FIRST EISWEIN: 1858

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FAMOUS GERMAN CROSSINGS

MULLER-THURGAU

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(1882 @ Geisenheim Wine Institute: RIESLINGxMADELEINE ROYALE)

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WEISSHERBST

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Saignée ROSE MADE BY ONE VARIETAL (RED) AND OF ATLEAST QBA QUALITY

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Prädikat Level Minimum Öchsle Range (g/L)

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Kabinett 70-85° (156-196 g/L)
Spätlese 80-95° (183-223)
Auslese 88-105° (204-249)
Beerenauslese 110-128° (263-332)
Trockenbeerenauslese 150-154° (390-400)
Eiswein 110-128° (263-332)

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CLASSIC

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German Wine Institute at Mainz (state-affiliated)

debuted 2000 vintage

‘HARMONIOUSLY DRY’

15 g/L max RS

single varietal

no vineyard on label

min. alc. 12% (11.5 in Mosel)

legal term, but VDP is clearly superior system

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SELECTION

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German Wine Institute at Mainz (state-affiliated), debuted 2000 vintage

‘SUPERIOR DRY’

max 9 g/L (12 g/L for Riesling)

single variety, single vineyard

hand harvest, max 60hl/ha, must wt equiv. to Auslese

not released until Sep 1 the year following harvest

legal term, but VDP system superior

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GERMAN WINE MAP

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MITTLE MOSEL MAP

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EINZELLAGEN VS GROSSLAGEN

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SINGLE SITE = EINZELLAGE

COLLECTION OF CONTIGUOUS VINEYARDS = GROSSLAGE, USUALLY NOT GREAT (EX. BADSTUBE AND MICHELSBERG IN MOSEL, FORMER IS DECENT SOURCE NEAR BERNKASTEL-KUES, LATTER IS COMMERCIALLY MADE BULK NEAR PIESPORT

grosslage wines are often made from grapes not on the slopes or not southern-facing, that can’t get ripe

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Aus dem Lesegut

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Bottled by the producer. May be grown by others. Generally used by negociants.

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Erzeugerabfüllung

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grown and produced by the same grower or cooperative

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Erzeugergemeinschaft

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Produced and bottled by the Co-op

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Gutsabfüllung

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Special estate (Ortsteil) grown, produced and bottled. Or, special bottling (a very exclusive statement)

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Schlossabfüllung

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Chateau/castle bottled

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SAAR

IMPORTANT GEMEINDEN: EINZELLAGEN (info/famed producers)

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WILTINGEN: SCHARZHOFBERGER (ortsteil, so doesn’t have to list village. Egon Muller)

SAARBURG: RAUSCH (Zilliken)

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RUWERTAL

IMPORTANT GEMEINDEN: EINZELLAGEN (info/famed producers)

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EITELSBACH: KARTHAUSERHOFBERG (ALLEINBESITZ OF KARTHAUSERHOF)

MERTESDORF: ABTSBERG, HERRENBERG, BRUDERBERG (all monopoles/alleinbesitz of von schubert-grunhaus - as Maximin Grunhauser (vineyard name))

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MOSEL:

IMPORTANT GEMEINDEN: EINZELLAGEN (info / famed producers)

(All within Bernkastel bereich / Mittelmosel)

TRITTENHEIM

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Apotheke

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MOSEL:

IMPORTANT GEMEINDEN: EINZELLAGEN (info / famed producers)

(All within Bernkastel bereich / Mittelmosel)

PIESPORT

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Goldtröpfchen (Reinhold Haart and Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt)

Domherr

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MOSEL:

IMPORTANT GEMEINDEN: EINZELLAGEN (info / famed producers)

(All within Bernkastel bereich / Mittelmosel)

Brauneberg

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JUFFER

JUFFER SONNENUHR (sundial vineyard - Schloss Lieser, Fritz Haag)

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MOSEL:

IMPORTANT GEMEINDEN: EINZELLAGEN (info/famed producers)

(all within Bernkastel bereich / Mittelmosel)

Bernkastel-Kues

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DOCTOR (curative wine of 14th century - only 3ha, exception to 5ha min. in ‘71 Law)

vineyards outside of 3ha 1984 boundary labeled Alte Badstube am Doktorberg

LAY (DR. LOOSEN)

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MOSEL:

IMPORTANT GEMEINDEN: EINZELLAGEN (info/famed producers)

(all within Bernkastel bereich / Mittelmosel)

Graach an der Mosel

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DOMPROST

JOSEPHSHOFER (alleinbesitz of Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt)

HIMMELREICH (JJ PRUM, DR. LOOSEN)

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MOSEL:

IMPORTANT GEMEINDEN: EINZELLAGEN (info/famed producers)

(all within Bernkastel bereich / Mittelmosel)

WEHLEN

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SONNENUHR (JJ PRUM, DR. LOOSEN)

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MOSEL:

IMPORTANT GEMEINDEN: EINZELLAGEN (info/famed producers)

(all within Bernkastel bereich / Mittelmosel)

ZELTINGEN

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SONNENUHR (JJ PRUM, DR. LOOSEN)

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MOSEL:

IMPORTANT GEMEINDEN: EINZELLAGEN (info/famed producers)

(all within Bernkastel bereich / Mittelmosel)

Ürzig

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Würzgarten (spice garden, Mönchhof estate and subsidiary Joh. Jos. Christoffel Erben)

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MOSEL:

IMPORTANT GEMEINDEN: EINZELLAGEN (info/famed producers)

(all within Bernkastel bereich / Mittelmosel)

Erden

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both have concentration of red slate

Prälat (one of warmest sites of Mosel, Dr. Loosen)

Treppchen

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Abfüller

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bottler or shipper who assumes the responsibility for the origin and quality of a wine

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Anreicherung

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‘Enrichment’ - Broad term for sweetening must before or during fermentation. Whereas chaptalization means the addition of sugar only, enrichment also includes the addition of grape must, concentrated grape must, and RCGM.

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Badisch Rotgold

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A rotling (rose from red and white wine) from the Baden region. Made from Grauburgunder (min. 51%) and Spatburgunder grapes. Composition must be declared on label.

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Federweisser

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Unfiltered must containing CO2 and yeast that is still in the process of fermenting. An autumn specialty served with onion quiche or roasted chestnuts

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Flaschengärung

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bottle-fermented sekt

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Flurbereinigung

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restructuring of German vineyards

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Füder

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1000-liter cask common in the Mosel

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Grosslage

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a collection of vineyards; misleading term for inexpensive wines

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Handgerüttelt

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Hand Riddled

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Kellerei

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wine cellar (or wholesaler)

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Leiblich

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Medium Sweet

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Restzucker

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Residual Sugar

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Rotling

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Rosé wine that is produced from a mixture of red and white varieties. A Rotling must have pale red or clear red color

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Stück

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1200 liter cask commonly used in the Rheingau

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Schneewein

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Snow wine; a term used to describe an ice wine made from grapes gathered when snow covered the vineyards.

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Schielerwein

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A rotling from Sachsen

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Schillerwein

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A rotling from Württemburg

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Steillage

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Literally: steep site. A vineyard with an inclination of more than 30%

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Trocken

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dry; generally 4 g/L or less but residual sugar but can be up to 9 g/l if total acidity is within 2 g/l of total residual sugar

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Weissherbst

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rosé from a single variety of red grape

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Winzergenossenschaft

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co-op

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RHEINGAU MAP

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MOSEL GEMEINDEN (villages)

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Trittenheim

Piesport

Brauneberg

Bernkastel-Kues

Graach-an-der-Mosel

Wehlen

Zeltingen

Ürzig

Erden

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DORNFELDER

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(1956: HELFENSTEINERxHEROLDREBE- both crosses made by august herold decades earlier)

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SCHEUREBE

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(1916: RIESxBUKETTREBE)

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KERNER

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(1929: RIESxVERNATSCH (aka trollinger/shiava grossa)

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FABERREBE

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(1929: WEISSBURGERxMULLER THURGAU)

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BACCHUS

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(1933: (SILVANERxRIESLING)xMULLER THURGAU)

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EHRENFELSER

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(1929: RIESxSYLVANER, although debatable it’s sylvaner)

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BUKETTREBE

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(1860s: SILVANERxTROLLINGER)

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Rheingauer Flöte

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A traditional flute-shaped brown bottle sometimes used to bottle Riesling in the Rheingau, whereas the Mosel uses green glass.

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Assmannshausen

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western Rheingau, first major townships, just northwest of Rudesheim

Rheingau center for red wine production; best site for PN is Höllenberg, August Kesseler best producer

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Rheingau: Important Gemeinden and Einzellagen

Assmannshausen

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Höllenberg (August Kesseler)

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Rheingau: Important Gemeinden and Einzellagen

Rüdesheim

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Berg Roseneck

Berg Rottland

Berg Schlossberg

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Rheingau: Important Gemeinden and Einzellagen

Geinsenheim

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Schloss Johannisberg

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Rheingau: Important Gemeinden and Einzellagen

Johannsiberg

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Schloss Johannisberg

Hölle

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Rheingau: Important Gemeinden and Einzellagen

Winkel

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Schloss Volrads

Jesuitengarten

Hasensprung

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Rheingau: Important Gemeinden and Einzellagen

Hattenheim

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Pfaffenberg (monopole of Schloss Schonborn)

Mannberg (almost monopole of Langwerth von Simmern)

Steinberg

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Rheingau: Important Gemeinden and Einzellagen

Hallgarten

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Schönhell

Jungfer

home to Kloster Eberbach, cloisters that became Prussian insane asylum, women’s prison then a functioning winery and museum

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Rheingau: Important Gemeinden and Einzellagen

Erbach

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Marcobrunn (contiguous to Mannberg (Hattenheim) / quality in warmer vintages is high)

68
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Rheingau: Important Gemeinden and Einzellagen

Kiedrich

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Gräfenberg (Robert Weil - outstanding sweet wines, esp. Auslese and above)

69
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Rheingau: Important Gemeinden and Einzellagen

Eltville

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Sonnenberg

last village in main part of Rheingau

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Rheingau: Important Gemeinden and Einzellagen

Hochheim am Main

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origin of term ‘Hock’ for Rhine wines popular in English markets in 19th cent.

separated from rest of Rheingau, off the Main river to the east, gentler slope, warmer

Hölle

Kirchenstück (Franz Kunstler, relative newcomer - 1956)

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JOHANNISBERG (Rheingau’s only bereich)

IMPORTANT GEMEINDEN: EINZELLAGEN

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Assmannshausen: Höllenberg
Rüdesheim: Berg Roseneck, Berg Rottland, Berg Schlossberg
Geisenheim: Schloss Johannisberg
Johannisberg: Hölle
Winkel: Schloss Vollrads, Jesuitengarten, Hasensprung
Hattenheim: Pfaffenberg (monopole of Schloss Schonborn), Mannberg, Steinberg
Hallgarten: Schönhell, Jungfer
Erbach: Marcobrunn
Kiedrich: Gräfenberg
Eltville: Sonnenberg
Hochheim am Main: Hölle, Kirchenstück

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MOSEL BEREICHE

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BURG COCHEM

BERNKASTEL

RUWERTAL

SAAR

MOSELTOR

OBERMOSEL

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RHEINHESSEN BEREICH

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BINGEN

WONNEGAU

NIERSTEIN (RHEINTERRASSE)

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Rheinhessen: Important Gemeinden and Einzellage

NACKENHEIM

(nierstein bereiche)

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ROTHENBERG (GUNDERLOCH OWNS 3/4 VINEYARD HERE)

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Rheinhessen: Important Gemeinden and Einzellage

NIERSTEIN

(nierstein bereiche)

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Hipping

Pettenthal

76
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Rheinhessen: Important Gemeinden and Einzellage

OPPENHEIM

(nierstein bereiche)

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SCHUTZENHUTTE

SACKTRAGER

77
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Rheinhessen: Important Gemeinden and Einzellage

WESTHOFEN

(wonnegau bereich)

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MORSTEIN

KIRSCHSPIEL

78
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Rheinhessen: Important Gemeinden and Einzellage

DALSHEIM

(wonnegau bereich)

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HUBACKER

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PFALZ PRODUCERS

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(SOUTHERN PFALZ aka SUDLICHE WEINSTRASSE)

BECKER

REBHOLZ

3 B’S of the MITTELHAARDT, central/northern Pfalz:

BURKLIN WOLF

BASSERMAN-JORDAN

von BUHL

and also Muller - Catoir

80
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PFALZ BEREICHE

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MITTELHAARDT-DEUTSCHE WEINSTRASSE (most of the region’s best sites, essentially north and central Pfalz)

SUDLICHE WEINSTRASSE (southern, nr. France)

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MITTELHAARDT WEINSTRASSE (PFALZ)

VILLAGES (GEMEINDEN)

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KALLSTADT

UNGSTEIN

BAD DURKHEIM

WACHENHEIM

FORST

DEIDESHEIM

RUPPERTSBERG

KONIGSBACH

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SUDLICHE WEINSTRASSE (PFALZ)

VILLAGES (GEMEINDEN: EINZELLAGEN)

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SIEBELDINGEN: IM SONNENSCHEIN

BIRKWEILER: KASTANIENBUSCH

SCHWEIGEN: KAMMERBERG

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FORST (PFALZ) IMPORTANT EINZELLAGEN

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KIRCHENSTUCK (warmest, best Pfalz site)

JESUITENGARTEN

FREUNDSTUCK

PECHSTEIN

UNGEHEUER

84
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RUPPERTSBERG (PFALZ) IMPORTANT EINZELLAGEN

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GAISBOHL (Burklin Wolf Monopole)

REITERPFAD

85
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NAHETAL (NAHE’S ONLY BEREICH)

VILLAGES (GEMEINDEN: EINZELLAGEN)

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BAD KREUZNACH

BAD MUNSTER

NORHEIM

NIEDERHAUSEN: hermannshohle*, hermannsberg

OBERHAUSEN: brucke (donnhoff monopole)

SCHLOSSBOCKELHEIM: kupfergrube, felsenberg

*nahe’s finest site

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AHR producers

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88% red wines, warmer than Mosel even though 50° N

MEYER-NAKE

KREUZBERG

use barrique in higher end wines (PN) to add richness

87
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FRANKEN

IMPORTANT GEMEINDEN:EINZELLAGEN

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WURZBURG: STEIN, LEISTE

ESCHERNDORF: LUMP

IPHOFEN: JULIUS ECHTER BERG

BURGSTADT: CENTGRAFENBERG

88
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VDP CLASSIFICATION POST 2012 (WITH YIELD)

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GROSSE LAGE (grand cru - 50 HL/HA)

ERSTE LAGE (premier cru - 60)

ORTSWEIN (village - 75)

GUTSWEIN (regional - 75)

89
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HELFENSTEINER (parent of Dornfelder)

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= Trollinger (aka Schiava) x Fruhburgunder (Pinot Noir Précoce)

90
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HEROLDREBE (parent of Dornfelder)

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BLAUER PORTUGIESER x LEMBERGER (aka BLAUFRANKISCH)

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