Germany
A cool northern European wine country with vineyards along rivers, valleys and rolling hills, and Riesling made from dry to sweet.
Where it is
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Places in Germany
Ahr
A tiny, steep-sided river valley and one of Germany's most northerly red-wine regions.
Baden
A warm, southerly German wine region along the Rhine opposite Alsace.
Franken
A cool continental region in Bavaria, known for firmly dry wines and the distinctive flask-shaped Bocksbeutel bottle.
Nahe
A varied river valley making precise, mineral Riesling.
Pfalz
A warm, dry region making riper Riesling and Pinot.
Rheinhessen
Germany's largest wine region, known especially for Riesling alongside a broad range of styles.
Mosel
Steep slate slopes making delicate, high-acid Riesling, often with low alcohol.
Rheingau
A historic Rhine stretch making fuller, structured Riesling.
Hessische Bergstraße
A warm, sheltered strip on the western edge of the Odenwald, and one of Germany's smallest regions.
Mittelrhein
A narrow gorge of the Rhine between Bingen and Bonn, with vineyards on steep slate terraces.
Rhineland-Palatinate
A state in western Germany that holds several wine regions, including the Mosel, Rheinhessen, Pfalz and Nahe, known above all for Riesling.
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Classic styles
Grapes
Producers in Germany
Dr. Loosen
Dr. Loosen is a Mosel Riesling estate run by Ernst Loosen, who also has winemaking projects in Germany’s Pfalz and Oregon.
Joh. Jos. Prüm
A Mosel Riesling estate known for light-bodied, long-lived wines from Wehlener Sonnenuhr, with a reputation dating to the early 1920s.
Weingut Schätzel
On Nierstein’s Roter Hang, the steep red-slate hillside in Rheinhessen, Schätzel grows Riesling organically and ferments with naturally occurring yeasts.