NationMaster - Encyclopedia: German wine

German wine is produced in many parts of Germany, and due to the northerly location have produced wines quite unlike any others in Europe, many of outstanding quality. Despite this it is still better known abroad for cheap, sweet, low-quality mass-produced wines such as Liebfraumilch. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1755x1839, 303 KB) Description: bocksbeutels from Franken, one modern, the other late 19th century. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1755x1839, 303 KB) Description: bocksbeutels from Franken, one modern, the other late 19th century. ... The Franconian Rake is originally is a heraldic symbol of the bishops of WÃ¼rzburg, who - though nominally Dukes of Franconia - only ruled in parts of Franconia. ... Wine is an alcoholic beverage produced by the fermentation of the juice of fruits, usually grapes. ... Liebfraumilch is a sweet white German wine. ...

German wines

The wines have historically been predominantly white, and the finest made from riesling. Many wines have been sweet and low in alcohol, light and unoaked. Historically many of the wines (other than late harvest wines) were probably dry (trocken), as techniques to stop fermentation did not exist. Recently much more German white wine is being made in the dry style again. Much of the wine sold in Germany is dry, especially in restaurants. However most exports are still of sweet wines, particularly to the traditional export markets such as Great Britain. Red wine has always been hard to produce in the German climate, and in the past was usually light coloured, closer to rosé or the red wines of Alsace. However recently there has been greatly increased demand and darker, richer red wines (often barrique aged) are produced from grapes such as Dornfelder and Spätburgunder, the German name for pinot noir. Ripe grapes of Riesling Riesling is a white grape variety and varietal appellation of wines grown historically in Alsace (France), Austria, Germany (see German wine), and northern Italy. ... Functional group of an alcohol molecule. ... Unoaked wine is fermented in a barrel made of stainless steel or other material having no influence in the final taste of the wine. ... Trocken is the German word for dry. ... RosÃ© is a type of wine that is neither purely red wine nor purely white wine. ... Location Administration Capital Strasbourg Regional President Adrien Zeller (UMP) (since 1996) DÃ©partements Bas-Rhin Haut-Rhin Arrondissements 13 Cantons 75 Communes 903 Statistics Land area1 8,280 kmÂ² Population (Ranked 14th) - January 1, 2005 est. ... A barrique is a small oak barrel used for fermentation and aging of red and white wine. ... Dornfelder is a red wine varietal that was bred in Weinsberg, Württemberg in 1955 in order to give German vintners a dark red grape that would grow well in German fields. ... Pinot noir grapes at Chehalem Ridgecrest Vineyard, Newberg, Oregon Pinot noir is a variety of Vitis vinifera, the red grape used commonly in winemaking. ...

Because of the northerly climate, there has been a search for suitable grape varieties (particularly frost resistant and early harvesting ones), and many crosses have been developed, such as Müller-Thurgau. However these have generally been of much lower quality than the grapes used historically, and have merely been used to produce large amounts of low quality wine. Recently there has been an increase in plantings of riesling as local, and to a lesser extent, international demand has been demanding high quality wines. MÃ¼ller-Thurgau is a variety of white grape (sp. ...

The wines are all produced around rivers, mainly the Rhine and its tributaries, often sheltered by mountains. The great sites are often extremely steep so they catch the most sunlight and so are difficult to harvest mechanically. Many are also extremely small, and several wines may be produced from grapes of different ripenesses, and different grape varieties. This makes the lists of wines produced long and complex, and many wines hard to obtain as production is so limited. Loreley At 1,320 kilometres (820 miles) and an average discharge of more than 2,000 cubic meters per second, the Rhine (Dutch Rijn, French Rhin, German Rhein, Italian: Reno, Romansch: Rein, ) is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe. ...

Perhaps the most distinctive characteristic of German wines is the high level of acidity in them caused both by the lesser ripeness in a northerly climate, and by the selection of grapes such as riesling which retain acidity even at high ripeness levels. Acidity is a controversial novelette written for the popular South Asian website Chowk. ... Ripe grapes of Riesling Riesling is a white grape variety and varietal appellation of wines grown historically in Alsace (France), Austria, Germany (see German wine), and northern Italy. ...

Many wines in Germany are produced using biodynamic or organic farming methods. // Biodynamic agriculture, or biodynamics comprises an ecological and sustainable farming system, that includes many of the ideas of organic farming (but predates the term). ... Organic cultivation of mixed vegetables in Capay, California. ...

Grapes

These are listed roughly in order of importance, although this varies significantly by region. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2304x1728, 1728 KB) These are German vineyards in Meersburg overlooking the Bodensee (Lake Constance), as seen from the tower of the Castle Meersburg. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2304x1728, 1728 KB) These are German vineyards in Meersburg overlooking the Bodensee (Lake Constance), as seen from the tower of the Castle Meersburg. ... Map of the Bodensee; Schweiz is Switzerland, Deutschland is Germany, and Osterreich is Austria. ... Meersburg is a town of Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg in the southwest of Germany on Lake Constance. ...

White wine grapes

Principal varieties are listed below; there are larger numbers of less important varieties too.

Ripe grapes of Riesling Riesling is a white grape variety and varietal appellation of wines grown historically in Alsace (France), Austria, Germany (see German wine), and northern Italy. ... MÃ¼ller-Thurgau is a variety of white grape (sp. ... Silvaner is a white wine grape variety. ... Andreas Kerner (1786-1862), a lyric poet of the Swabian school Justinus (Andreas Christian) Kerner Karl Theodor Kerner Nena Kerner Otto Kerner Kerner Commissionm, named after Otto Kerner See also KÃ¶rner (Koerner) This is a disambiguation page â€” a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same... The Bacchus white wine grape is grown in Germany and England. ... Scheurebe is a white wine grape variety created by Georg Scheu in Germany in 1916 as a cross between Silvaner and Riesling. ... GewÃ¼rztraminer is a white wine grape variety. ... Pinot Gris (or Tokay Pinot Gris) is a white wine grape of species Vitis vinifera related to Pinot noir which goes by a lot of other names: Pinot Grigio (Italy) Pinot Beurot (Loire Valley, France) RulÃ¤nder (Austria and Germany, Romania, sweet) Grauburgunder or Grauer burgunder (Austria and Germany, dry... Pinot Blanc is a white wine grape. ...

Red wine grapes

Pinot noir grapes at Chehalem Ridgecrest Vineyard, Newberg, Oregon Pinot noir is a variety of Vitis vinifera, the red grape used commonly in winemaking. ... Portugieser is a red wine grape variety found largely in Germany and Austria. ... Dornfelder is a red wine varietal that was bred in Weinsberg, Württemberg in 1955 in order to give German vintners a dark red grape that would grow well in German fields. ... Trollinger is a light-red, late-maturing wine variety that was orininally cultivated in South_Tyrol or the Trentino. ... Pinot Meunier, also known as Schwarzriesling or MÃ¼llerrebe, is a variety of black wine grape most frequently used in the production of Champagne. ... REDIRECT Blaufränkisch ...

Types of wine

German wine classification: German wine is officially classified by the ripeness of the grapes, rather than an attempt to classify terroirs as in the French Appellation dOrigine ContrÃ´lÃ©e system, vinification methods and grape varieties as in Italy, or region as in American Viticultural Area. ...

Other entries Deutscher Tafelwein is the lowest category in the German wine classification. ... In the United States, table wine is used as a legal definition to differentiate standard wine from stronger (higher alcohol content) fortified wine or sparkling wine. ... Deutscher Landwein is the second lowest category in the German wine classification, above Deutscher Tafelwein. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Fruit wine. ... Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete more commonly abbreviated to QbA is a category in the German wine classification, reserved for riper grapes than Deutscher Tafelwein and Deutscher Landwein but lower quality than predikat wines. ... Qualitätswein mit Prädikat usually abbreviated to QmP is the level in the German wine classification to which almost all quality German wines belong. ... Kabinett in the German wine classification system is the lowest level of QmP wine, lower in ripeness than SpÃ¤tlese. ... SpÃ¤tlese (literal meaning: late harvest) is a German wine term for a late harvest wine and is the second category of QmP wine in the German wine classification above kabinett and below auslese in terms of ripeness. ... Auslese is a German wine term for a late harvest wine and is a riper category than Spätlese in the QmP category of the German wine classification. ... Beerenauslese is a German wine term and type of dessert wine meaning selected berries. Often abbreviated to BA, it is one of the German wine classification levels in the QmP category. ... Ice wine is a type of dessert wine produced from grapes that have been frozen. ... Ice wine (or icewine or Eiswein in German) is a type of dessert wine produced from grapes that have been frozen. ... Trockenbeerenauslese is a German wine term and type of dessert wine meaning selected dried berries. Often abbreviated to TBA, it is one of the German wine classification levels in the QmP category and the one requiring the highest must weight. ...

A classic is an item that has become a ubiquitous and unique symbol or icon of a time gone by, mainly because of its inherent quality or its representative status. ... In its most basic and original form, the Ã–chsle Scale is a German hydrometer scale used in the German wine-making industry to determine ripeness or amount of sugar in a grape to be harvested. ... Liebfraumilch is a sweet white German wine. ... Blue Nun is a brand of German wine, specifically Liebfraumilch. ... Trocken is the German word for dry. ... 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. ... FederweiÃŸer, also known as Suser, Sauser or Junger Wein in Southwest Germany, Switzerland and South Tyrol, Sturm in Austria, New Wine in the Palatinate, Bremser in Franconia, and BurÄÃ¡k in Czech Republic, is a fermenting grape must. ... SEKT (Semantically Enabled Knowledge Technology) is the name of a European Union research project going from 2004 to 2006. ... A glass of sparkling wine A Sparkling wine cork Sparkling wine is a wine with significant levels of carbon dioxide in it making it fizzy. ...

Regions

There are 13 regions where wine is grown in Germany: Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1002x672, 210 KB) Map of the wine regions in Germany. ...

The Ahr is a tributary of the Rhine beginning at a height of approximately 520 meters above sea level in Blankenheim (the Eifel) in Fachwerkhauses to near the Blankenheimer Burg in North Rhine-Westphalia. ... For other uses, see Baden (disambiguation). ... The Franconian Rake is the symbol and unofficial coat of arms of Franconia, also appearing in emblems of many Franconian cities Franconia (German: Franken), a historic region in Germany, now forms three administrative districts of the state of Bavaria: Lower Franconia (Unterfranken), Middle Franconia (Mittelfranken), and Upper Franconia (Oberfranken). ... St. ... Mosel-Saar-Ruwer is a German wine-growing-region in the valleys of the rivers Moselle, Saar and Ruwer near Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate. ... The Nahe is a river in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, a tributary to the Rhine. ... A palatinate is an area administered by a count palatine, originally the direct representative of the sovereign but later the hereditary ruler of the territory subject to the crowns overlordship. ... The Rheingau is the hill country on the right side of the Rhine between Wiesbaden and RÃ¼desheim, reaching from the western Taunus to the Rhine. ... Rheinhessen (in English: Rhenish Hesse) refers to the part of the former Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt located west of the Rhine river and now part of Rhineland-Palatinate. ... The hillsides along the Saale and Unstrut rivers in Germany give their name to the small wine-growing region of Saale-Unstrut, which is among the northernmost of Europes traditional wine regions. ... Arms of the Kingdom of WÃ¼rttemberg The title of this article contains the character Ã¼. Where it is unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as Wuerttemberg. ...

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Well known wines/regions	Amarone \| Asti \| Barolo \| Beaujolais \| Bordeaux \| Burgundy \| Chablis \| Champagne \| Chianti \| Dão \| Egri Bikavér (Bull's Blood) \| Liebfraumilch \| Madeira \| Marsala \| Port \| Retsina \| Rioja \| Rhône \| Sancerre \| Sauternes \| Sherry \| Tokaji \| Valpolicella \| Vermouth \| Vinho Verde \| Vouvray Wine is an alcoholic beverage produced by the fermentation of the juice of fruits, usually grapes. ... The globalization of wine is largely a post-1976 phenomenon. ... In the Berlin Wine Tasting of 2004, a professional blind tasting was held with 36 tasters drawn from European wine journalists and wine buyers. ... German Cuisine varies greatly from region to region. ... Wine is an alcoholic beverage produced by the fermentation of the juice of fruits, usually grapes. ... Winemakers often use carboys like these for ferment smaller quantities of wine Winemaking, or vinification, is the process of wine production, from the selection of grapes to the bottling of finished wine. ... Wine is an alcoholic beverage produced by the fermentation of the juice of fruits, usually grapes. ... RosÃ© is a type of wine that is neither purely red wine nor purely white wine. ... A glass of sparkling wine A Sparkling wine cork Sparkling wine is a wine with significant levels of carbon dioxide in it making it fizzy. ... Dessert wines are those wines which are typically served with dessert, although they are also drunk on their own, i. ... A fortified wine is a wine to which additional alcohol has been added, most commonly in the form of brandy (a spirit distilled from wine). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Fruit wine. ... This list of wine-producing regions catalogues significant growing regions where vineyards are planted. ... Amarone della Valpolicella is an often powerful Italian wine made from dried grapes of the Corvina, Rondinella, and Molinara varieties. ... Asti is a DOCG sparkling wine produced in the Asti region in Piedmont, Italy. ... Castle and Village of Barolo. ... Beaujolais is a historical province and a wine-producing region in France. ... Bordeaux wine, refers to all wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France. ... Chardonnay vineyards in the south of the CÃ´te de Beaune surrounding the town of Meursault. ... It has been suggested that Chablis AOC be merged into this article or section. ... Champagne is often consumed as part of a celebration Champagne is a sparkling wine produced by inducing the in-bottle secondary fermentation of wine to effect carbonation. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Italian wine. ... DÃ£o Wine (or Vinho do DÃ£o) is from the RegiÃ£o Demarcada do DÃ£o, a region demarcated in 1908, but already in 1390 there were taken some measures to protect this wine. ... Egri BikavÃ©r (Bulls Blood) is one of the most reputed and traditional Hungarian wines besides the Tokaji wines. ... Liebfraumilch is a sweet white German wine. ... Madeira is a fortified wine made in the Madeira Islands of Portugal, which is prized equally for drinking and cooking; the latter use including the dessert plum in Madeira. ... Marsala is the name for a wine produced in the region surrounding the Italian city of Marsala in Sicily. ... A glass of tawny port. ... Retsina is a Greek resinated white (or rosÃ©) wine dating back at least 2700 years. ... Rioja Wine Rioja is a wine from a region named after the Rio Oja in Spain, a tributary of the Ebro. ... The RhÃ´ne wine region is first divided into north and south. ... Sancerre is one of the most famous white wines in France named from the town Sancerre. ... A half bottle of Sauternes from ChÃ¢teau dYquem Sauternes is a type of dessert wine made from SÃ©millon, Sauvignon Blanc, and Muscadelle grapes that have been affected by Botrytis cinerea, also known as noble rot. ... Sherry solera Sherry is a type of wine originally produced in and around the town of Jerez, Spain. ... Tokaj cellar Tokaji, meaning of Tokaj in Hungarian, is used to label wines from the wine region of Tokaj-Hegyalja in Hungary. ... Valpolicella is a zone of the province of Verona, Italy, east of Lake Garda. ... Vermouth is a fortified wine flavored with aromatic herbs and spices (aromatized in the trade) in recipes that are closely-guarded trade secrets. ... Vinho Verde is Portuguese and literally means Green Wine. There are red, white wines, and more rarelly rosé, of the appellation Vinho Verde, but only the white wines are exported. ... Vouvray, from the region of the same name is made through the vinification of the Chenin Blanc grape. ...
Well known Varietal/grapes Varietal describes wines made from a single named grape variety. ... This is a list of varieties of cultivated grapes, whether used for wine, or eating as a Table grape, fresh or dried (raisin, currant, sultana). ...	Black — Cabernet Franc \| Cabernet Sauvignon \| Carmenère \| Gamay \| Grenache \| Malbec \| Merlot \| Muscadine \| Pinotage \| Pinot Noir \| Sangiovese \| Syrah/Shiraz \| Tempranillo \| Zinfandel White — Chardonnay \| Chenin Blanc \| Gewürztraminer \| Muscat \| Pinot Blanc \| Pinot Gris/Grigio \| Riesling \| Sauvignon blanc \| Sémillon \| Viognier Cabernet Franc is a red wine grape variety similar to and a parent of Cabernet Sauvignon. ... Cabernet Sauvignon is a variety of red grape mainly used for wine production, and is, along with Chardonnay, one of the most widely-planted of the worlds noble grape varieties. ... The Carmenere grape is a wine grape variety originally planted in the MÃ©doc region of Bordeaux, France where it is used to produce deep red wines occasionally used for blending purposes in the same manner as Petit Verdot. ... A California Gamay Gamay is a purple-colored grape variety used to make red wines, most notably grown in Beaujolais. ... Grenache is a sweet red grape variety grown primarily for the making of wine. ... Malbec is a black, mellow grape variety originally grown in France, in the Loire Valley and Cahors. ... Merlot is a variety of wine grape used to create a popular red wine. ... Categories: Stub \| Fruit \| Grape varieties ... Pinotage is a wine grape that is a cross between Pinot Noir and Cinsault (called Hermitage in South Africa and parts of Europe, hence the portmanteau name of this grape variety). ... Pinot noir grapes at Chehalem Ridgecrest Vineyard, Newberg, Oregon Pinot noir is a variety of Vitis vinifera, the red grape used commonly in winemaking. ... Sangiovese (synonyms: Sangiovese grosso, Brunello, Uva brunella, Morellino, Prugnolo, Prugnolo gentile, Sangioveto, Tignolo and Uva Canina) is a red wine grape variety originating in Italy where it is now recognised as a superior variety. ... Shiraz grapes have a characteristicly deep purple color that is reflected in their wine. ... Tempranillo is a variety of vitis vinifera, the red grape used commonly in winemaking. ... Zinfandel, also known as Zin, is a red-skinned wine grape popular in California for its intense fruitiness and lush texture. ... Oak-aged Chardonnay is particularly popular in the United States. ... Chenin Blanc (or often simply Chenin) is a widely grown wine grape variety, also known as Steen in South Africa, Pineau de la Loire in the Loire region of France. ... GewÃ¼rztraminer is a white wine grape variety. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Pinot Blanc is a white wine grape. ... Pinot Gris (or Tokay Pinot Gris) is a white wine grape of species Vitis vinifera related to Pinot noir which goes by a lot of other names: Pinot Grigio (Italy) Pinot Beurot (Loire Valley, France) RulÃ¤nder (Austria and Germany, Romania, sweet) Grauburgunder or Grauer burgunder (Austria and Germany, dry... Ripe grapes of Riesling Riesling is a white grape variety and varietal appellation of wines grown historically in Alsace (France), Austria, Germany (see German wine), and northern Italy. ... Sauvignon blanc is a white wine grape probably originating in the Bordeaux region of France that is now planted in much of the worlds winelands producing a crisp dry refreshing white varietal wine. ... SÃ©millon is a golden-skinned grape used to make dry and sweet white wines, most notably in France and Australia. ... Voignier is a white wine grape. ...
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