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List of German wine regions

List of German wine regions is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of German wine regions rather than just read about it. In short: German wine regions are classified according to the quality category of the wine grown therein: Tafelwein, Landwein, Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete (QbA) and Prädikatswein. The wine regions allowed to produce QbA and Prädikatswein are further subdivided into four categories according to size: Anbaugebiet (a major wine region), Bereich (a district within the wine region), Großlage (a collection of vineyards wi…

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German wine regions are classified according to the quality category of the wine grown therein: Tafelwein, Landwein, Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete (QbA) and Prädikatswein. The wine regions allowed to produce QbA and Prädikatswein are further subdivided into four categories according to 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). A small number of 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, and 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 2010, there were 41 Bereiche, 160 Großlagen and 2,632 Einzellagen.

Ahr In the Ahr there is one Bereich (in bold) and one Großlage.

Walporzheim/Ahrtal Klosterberg

Baden In the Baden there are nine Bereiche (in bold) and 16 Großlagen.

Badische Bergstraße Hohenberg Mannaberg Rittersberg Stiftsberg Bodensee Sonnenufer Breisgau Burg Lichteneck Burg Zähringen Schutterlindenberg Kaiserstuhl Vulkanfelsen Kraichgau Markgräflerland Attilafelsen Burg Neuenfels Lorettoberg Vogtei Rötteln Ortenau Fürsteneck Schloss Rodeck Tauberfranken Tauberklinge Tuniberg

Franconia In Franconia, also known as Franken, there are 3 Bereiche (in bold) and 22 Großlagen. 2 Einzellagen are großlagenfrei.

Maindreieck Burg Engelsberg Ewig Leben Hofrat Honigberg Kirchberg Marienberg Markgraf Babenberg Oelspiel Ravensburg Rosstal Teufelstor Mainviereck Heiligenthal Reuschberg Steigerwald Burgweg-Franken Herrenberg Kapellenberg Schild Schlossberg Schlossstück

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

Starkenburg Rott Schlossberg Wolfsmagen Umstadt

Mittelrhein In the Mittelrhein there are 2 Bereiche (in bold) and 12 Großlagen.

Loreley Burg Hammerstein Burg Rheinfels Gedeonseck Schloss Herrenberg Lahntal Loreleyfelsen Marksburg Schloss Reichenstein Schloss Schönburg Schloss Stahleck Siebengebirge Petersberg

Mosel

In the Mosel there are six Bereiche (in bold) and 19 Großlagen.

Bernkastel Badstube Kurfürstlay Michelsberg Münzlay Nacktarsch Probstberg St. Michael Schwarzlay Vom Heißen Stein Burg Cochem Goldbäumchen Gradschaft Rosenhang Schwarze Katz Weinhex Moseltor Schloss Bübinger Obermosel Gipfel Königsberg Ruwertal Römerlay Saar Scharzberg

Nahe In the Nahe there is one Bereich (in bold) and seven Großlagen.

Nahetal Burgweg-Nahe Kronenberg Paradiesgarten Pfarrgarten Rosengarten Schlosskapelle Sonnenborn

Palatinate In the Palatinate, also known as Pfalz, there are two Bereiche (in bold) and 25 Großlagen.

Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstraße Feuerberg Gradenstück Hochmess Hofstück Höllenpfad Honigsäckel Kobnert Mariengarten Meerspinne Pfaffengrund Rebstöckel Rosenbühl Schenkenböhl Schnepfenflug an der Weinstraße Schnepfenflug vom Zellertal Schwarzerde Südliche Weinstraße Bischofskreuz Guttenberg Herrlich Kloster Liebrauenberg Königsgarten Mandelhöhe Ordensgut Schloss Ludwigshöhe Trappenberg

Rheingau

In the Rheingau there is one Bereich (in bold) and 10 Großlagen.

Johannisberg Burgweg-Rheingau Daubhaus Deutelsberg Erntebringer Gottesthal Heiligenstock Honigberg Mehrhölzchen Steil Steinmächer

Rheinhessen In the Rheinhessen there are three Bereiche (in bold) and 24 Großlagen.

Bingen Abtey Adelberg Kaiserpfalz Kurfüstenstück Rheingrafenstein Sankt Rochuskapelle Nierstein Auflangen Domherr Güldenmorgen Gutes Domtal Krötenbrunnen Petersberg Rehbach Rheinblick Sankt Alban Spiegelberg Vogelsgärten Wonnegau Bergkloster Burg Rodenstein Domblick Gotteshilfe Liebfrauenmorgen Pilgerpfad Sybillinenstein

Saale-Unstrut In Saale-Unstrut there are two Bereiche (in bold) and five Großlagen.

Schlossneuenburg Blütengrund Göttersitz Kelterberg Schweigenberg Thüringen Mark Brandenburg

Saxony In Saxony, also known as Sachsen, there are three Bereiche (in bold) and four Großlagen.

Dresden Elbhänge Lössnitz Elstertal Meissen Schloss-Weinberg Spaargebirge

Württemberg In Württemberg there are six Bereiche (in bold) and 17 Großlagen.

Bayerischer Bodensee Lindauer Seegarten Kocher-Jagst-Tauber Kocherberg Tauberberg Oberer Neckar Remstal-Stuttgart Hohenneuffen Kopf Sonnenbühl Wartbühl Weinsteige Württembergisch Bodensee Württembergisch Unterland Heuchelberg Kirchenweinberg Lindelberg Salzberg Schalkstein Schozachtal Staufenberg Stromberg Wunnenstein

Tafelwein regions There are four main wine regions that produce German Tafelwein and eight sub-regions.

Rhein-Mosel-sub-regions Rhein Mosel Saar Bayern-sub regions Main Donau Lindau Neckar Oberrhein-sub regions Burgengau Römertor Stargarder Land

Landwein regions There are 26 wine regions that produce German Landwein. The Anbaugebiet where the region is located in is in parentheses.

Ahrtaler (Ahr) Badischer (Baden) Südbadischer (Baden) Unterbadischer (Baden) Landwein Neckar (Baden-Württemberg) Landwein Oberrhein (Baden-Palatinate) Landwein Rhein-Neckar (Baden-Württemberg) Taubertäler (Baden) Landwein Main - Fränkischer (Franconia) Regensburger (Franconia) Starkenburger (Hessische Bergstraße) Rheinburgen (Mittelrhein) Landwein der Mosel (Mosel) Saarländischer (Mosel) Landwein der Ruwer (Mosel) Landwein der Saar (Mosel) Nahegauer (Nahe) Pfälzer (Palatinate) Rheingauer - Altrheingauer (Rheingau) Rheinischer (Rheinhessen) Mitteldeutscher (Saale-Unstrut) Sächsischer (Saxony) Bayerischer Bodensee (Württemberg) Schwäbischer (Württemberg) Brandenburger Landwein Rhein Mecklenburger Schleswig-Holsteinischer

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