List of German wine regions

German wine regions
1. Ahr
2. Baden
3. Franconia
4. Hessische Bergstraße
5. Mittelrhein
6. Mosel
7. Nahe
8. Palatinate
9. Rheingau
10. Rheinhessen
11. Saale-Unstrut
12. Saxony
13. Württemberg
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German wine regions are classified according to the quality category that the wine falls into - Tafelwein, Landwein, Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete (QbA) and Prädikatswein. The wine regions allowed to produce QbA and Prädikatswein are further subdivided into four categories, in descending order of size - Anbaugebiet (a major wine region), Bereich (a district within the wine region), Großlage (a collection of vineyards within a district) and Einzellage (a single vineyard).[1] A small number Einzellagen do not belong to a Großlage and are called "großlagenfrei", but all belong to a Bereich and Anbaugebiet.

The 13 major wine regions (Anbaugebiete) are Ahr, Baden, Franconia, Hessische Bergstraße, Mittelrhein, Mosel, Nahe, Palatinate, Rheingau, Rheinhessen, Saale-Unstrut, Saxony, Württemberg. With the exceptions of Saxony and Saale-Unstrut, most of Germany's major wine regions are located in the western part of the country. As of 2005, there were 39 Bereiche, 160 Großlagen and 2,632 Einzellagen.[2]

Contents

Ahr

In the Ahr there is 1 Bereich (in bold) and 1 Großlage.[3]
Walporzheim/Ahrtal

Baden

In the Baden there are 9 Bereiche (in bold) and 16 Großlagen.[4]
[5] Badische Bergstraße

Bodensee

Breisgau

Kaiserstuhl

Kraichgau

Markgräflerland

Ortenau

Tauberfranken

Tuniberg

Franconia

In Franconia there are 3 Bereiche (in bold) and 22 Großlagen. 2 Einzellagen are großlagenfrei.[4]
Maindreieck

Mainviereck

Steigerwald

Hessische Bergstraße

In the Hessische Bergstraße there are 2 Bereiche (in bold) and 3 Großlagen.[4]
Starkenburg

Umstadt

Mittelrhein

In the Mittelrhein there are 2 Bereiche (in bold) and 12 Großlagen.[3]
Loreley

Siebengebirge

Mosel

See also: List of Mosel vineyards

In the Mosel there are 6 Bereiche (in bold) and 19 Großlagen.[3]
Bernkastel

Burg Cochem

Moseltor

Obermosel

Ruwertal

Saar

Nahe

In the Nahe there 1 Bereich (in bold) and 7 Großlagen.[3]
Nahetal

Palatinate

In the Palatinate there are 2 Bereiche (in bold) and 25 Großlagen.[4]
Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstraße

Südliche Weinstraße

Rheingau

See also: List of Rheingau vineyards

In the Rheingau there is 1 Bereich (in bold) and 10 Großlagen.[3]
Johannisberg

Rheinhessen

In the Rheinhessen there are 3 Bereiche (in bold) and 24 Großlagen.[4]
Bingen

Nierstein

Wonnegau

Saale-Unstrut

In Saale-Unstrut there are 2 Bereiche (in bold) and 5 Großlagen.[4]
Schlossneuenburg

Thüringen

Saxony

In Saxony there are 3 Bereiche (in bold) and 4 Großlagen.[4]
Dresden

Elstertal Meissen

Württemberg

In Württemberg there are 6 Bereiche (in bold) and 17 Großlagen.[4]
Bayerischer Bodensee

Kocher-Jagst-Tauber

Oberer Neckar Remstal-Stuttgart

Württembergisch Bodensee Württembergisch Unterland

Tafelwein regions

There are 4 main wine regions that produce German Tafelwein and 8 sub-regions.[2]

Landwein regions

There are 20 wine regions that produce German Landwein. The Anbaugebiet that the regions is located in is in parenthesis.[2]

References

  1. ^ J. Robinson (ed) "The Oxford Companion to Wine" Third Edition pg 309 Oxford University Press 2006 ISBN 0198609906
  2. ^ a b c T. Stevenson "The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia" pg 344 Dorling Kindersley 2005 ISBN 0756613248
  3. ^ a b c d e T. Stevenson "The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia" pg 355-367 Dorling Kindersley 2005 ISBN 0756613248
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h T. Stevenson "The Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia" pg 369-386 Dorling Kindersley 2005 ISBN 0756613248
  5. ^ Badischer-Weinbauverband