German Wine - Regions

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

The wine regions in Germany usually referred to are the 13 defined regions for quality wine. The German wine industry has organised itself around these regions and their division into districts. However, there are also a number of regions for the seldom-exported table wine (Tafelwein) and country wine (Landwein) categories. Those regions with a few exceptions overlap with the quality wine regions. In order to make a clear distinction between the quality levels, the regions and subregions for different quality level have different names on purpose, even when they are allowed to be produced in the same geographical area.

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