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Regions of Germany (Anbaugebiete)

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Ahr
    Baden
    Franken
    Hessische-Bergstrasse
    Mittelrhein
    Mosel
    Nahe
    Pfalz
    Rheingau
    Rheinhessen
    Saale-Unstrut
    Sachsen 
    Württemberg
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Major Villages of the Ahr

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Major Villages (west to east):

Altenahr
Mayschoss
Rech
Dernau
Marienthal
Walporzheim
Ahrweiler
Bad-Neuenahr
Heppingen
Heimersheim
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Bereiche of Baden:

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Badische-Bergstrasse
Kraichgau
Kaiserstuhl
Bodensee
Breisgau
Markgräflerland
Ortenau
Tuniberg
Tauberfranken
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Bereiche of Franken:

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Mainviereck
Maindreieck
Steigerwald

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Bereiche of Hessische-Bergstrasse:

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Starkenburg

Umstadt

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Bereiche of Mittelrhein:

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Siebengebirge

Lorelei

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Bereiche of Mosel:

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Burg Cochem
Bernkastel
Ruwertal
Saar
Moseltor
Obermosel
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Bereiche of Nahe:

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Nahetal

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Bereiche of Pfalz:

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Südliche Weinstrasse

Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse

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Bereiche of Rheingau:

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Johannisberg

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Bereiche of Rheinhessen:

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Bingen
Wonnegau
Nierstein

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Bereiche of Saale-Unstrut:

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Schloss Neuenburg
Thüringen
Mansfelder Seen

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Bereiche of Sachsen:

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Meissen

Elstertal

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Bereiche of Württemberg:

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Württembergisch Unterland
Württembergisch Bodensee
Kocher-Jagst-Tauber
Oberer Neckar
Remstal-Stuttgart
Bayerischer Bodensee
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bottler or shipper who assumes the responsibility for the origin and quality of a wine

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Abfüller

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The process settling of solids (dead yeast cells, leftover grape skin fragments, etc.) to the bottom of a vat of wine or must.

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Absetzen

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A vineyard which is owned by only one owner (similar to a monopole in France).

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Alleinbesitz

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Old vines

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Alte Reben

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commonly referred to as the AP#; a quality control number on all QbA and QmP wines. The number contains the Exam Board number, commune number, producers registered number, an application number and the year of the application. Some producers use the application number as a sequential indication of sweetness.

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Amtliche Prüfungsnummer

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Broad term for sweetening must before or during fermentation. Whereas chaptalization means the addition of sugar only, enrichment also includes the addition of grape must, concentrated grape must, and RCGM.

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Anreicherung

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A rotling from the Baden region. Made from Grauburgunder (min. 51%) and Spatburgunder grapes. Composition must be declared on label.

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Badisch Rotgold

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Malolactic fermentation.

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Biologische Sãureabbau

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sparkling wine made by any method from grapes grown in Germany

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Deutscher Sekt

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noble rot

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Edelfäule

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single vineyard
Einzellage
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A vine individually trained to a single stake . Used on very steep slopes such as the Mosel.
Einzelpfahlerziehung
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legal term used for dry wines in the Rheingau from the best vineyards
Erste Gewächs
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grown and produced by the same grower or cooperative
Erzeugerabfüllung
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Unfiltered must containing CO2 and yeast that is still in the process of fermenting. An autumn specialty served with onion quiche or roasted chestnuts
Federweisser
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half-dry, no legal definition
Feinherb
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bottle-fermented sekt
Flaschengärung
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1000-liter cask common in the Mosel
Füder
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VDP classification of dry wines from the best vineyards, must be Spätlese ripeness
Grosses Gewächs
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a collection of vineyards; misleading term for inexpensive wines
Grosslage
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Mosel growers association
Grosser Ring
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grown, produced and bottled by the same person/estate
Gutsabfüllung
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half-dry, generally less than 18 g/L residual sugar
Halbtrocken
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Clay and slate soil
Keuper
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Loam soil
Lehm
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medium-sweet
Leiblich
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Heavy Loam
Mergel
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Rosé wine that is produced from a mixture of red and white varieties. A Rotling must have pale red or clear red color
Rotling
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Reddish slate
Rotliegendes
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1200 liter cask commonly used in the Rheingau
Stück
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A rotling from Sachsen
Schielerwein
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A rotling from Württemburg
Schillerwein
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German word for castle; on a wine label it is equivalent to the French word "Chateau."
Schloss
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gravel
Schotter
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A sundial often very large on steep vineyard sites.
Sonnenuhr
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German tasting term for wines made by spontaneous fermentation versus wines inoculated by cultured yeasts. The former has an earthiness versus the cleaner fruit-forward smells of selected yeasts.
Spontangärung
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Literally: steep site. A vineyard with an inclination of more than 30%
Steillage
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Clay
Ton
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dry; generally 4 g/L or less but residual sugar but can be up to 9 g/l if total acidity is within 2 g/l of total residual sugar
Trocken
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German for vineyard
Weinberg
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rosé from a single variety of red grape
Weissherbst
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A wine Grower.
Winzer
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co-op
Winzergenossenschaft
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A central cooperative that gets its wine or must from smaller cellars in the area and blends, produces and bottles the wines.
Zentralkellerei
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VDP Classification (2012 forward) and corresponding maximum yields
Grosse Lage: "Grand Cru" Wines (max. 50 hl/ha) Erste Lage: "Premier Cru" Wines (max. 60 hl/ha) Ortswein: Village Wines (max. 75 hl/ha) Gutswein: Regional Wines (max. 75 hl/ha)
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Major Villages of Baden
Major Villages (Badische-Bergstrasse): Heidelberg, Leimen Major Villages (Kraichgau): Östringen, Sulzfeld, Tiefenbach Major Villages (Ortenau): Baden-Baden, Varnhalt, Neuweier, Sasbachwalden, Durbach, Zell-Weierbach Major Villages (Breisgau): Malterdingen, Emmendingen, Lahr, Hecklingen Major Villages (Kaiserstuhl): Freiburg, Achkarren, Burkheim, Oberrotweil, Ihringen, Sasbach Major Villages (Markgräflerland): Schliengen, Istein, Mauchen, Auggen Major Villages (Bodensee): Meersburg
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Major Villages of Franken
``` Major Villages (Mainviereck): Bürgstadt, Miltenberg, Marktheidenfeld, Erlenbach ``` ``` Major Villages (Maindreieck): Karlstadt, Thüngersheim, Würzburg, Randersacker, Sommerhausen, Frickenhausen, Escherndorf, Volkach, Nordheim, Fahr ``` Major Villages (Steigerwald): Rödelsee, Iphofen, Castell, Wiesenbronn
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Major Villages of Hessische-Bergstrasse
Major Villages of Starkenburg (north to south): Zwingenberg Auerbach Bensheim Heppenheim
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Major Villages of Mittelrhein
Major Villages (north to south, north of Koblenz): Bad Hönningen, Hammerstein, Leubsdorf Major Villages (north to south, south of Koblenz): Spay, Osterspai, Boppard, Oberwesel, Dörscheid, Dellhofen, Bacharach, Steeg
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Major Villages of Mosel
Major Villages (Burg Cochem, north to south): Winningen, Kobern-Gondorf, Hatzenport, Cochem, Bremm, Zell Major Villages (Bernkastel, north to south): Pünderich, Enkirch, Traben-Trarbach, Wolf, Kröv, Lösnich, Erden, Ürzig, Zeltingen, Wehlen, Graach an der Mosel, Bernkastel-Kues, Lieser, Brauneberg, Kesten, Wintrich, Piesport, Dhron, Neumagen, Trittenheim, Leiwen Major Villages (Ruwertal): Ruwer, Eitelsbach, Mertesdorf, Kasel, Waldrach, Avelsbach Major Villages (Saar): Serrig, Saarburg, Wiltingen, Ockfen, Oberemmel, Kanzem
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Major Villages of the Nahe
Major Villages (north to southwest): Münster-Sarmsheim, Burg Layen, Dorsheim, Laubenheim, Windesheim, Langenlonsheim, Wallhausen, Bad Kreuznach, Bad Münster am Stein, Traisen, Norheim, Niederhausen, Oberhausen, Schlossböckelheim, Bockenau
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Major Villages of the Pfalz
Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse: Dirmstein, Grünstadt, Laumersheim, Grosskarlbach, Kirchheim, Weisenheim, Kallstadt, Ungstein, Bad Dürkheim, Wachenheim, Forst, Deidesheim, Ruppertsberg, Gimmeldingen, Mussbach, Haardt, Neustadt, Duttweiler Südliche Weinstrasse: Hainfeld, Burrweiler, Gleisweiler, Essingen, Siebeldingen, Birkweiler, Klingenmünster, Schweigen
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Major Villages of the Rheingau
Major Villages (west to east): Lorch, Assmannshausen, Rüdesheim, Geisenheim, Johannisberg, Winkel, Oestrich, Hallgarten, Hattenheim, Erbach, Kiedrich, Eltville, Rauenthal, Martinsthal, Walluf, Hochheim, Wicker
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Majot Villages of the Rheinhessen
Major Villages (Nierstein/Rheinterrasse, north to south): Bodenheim, Nackenheim, Nierstein, Oppenheim, Dienheim Major Villages (Bingen): Siefersheim, Bingen, Appenheim Major Villages (Wonnegau): Westhofen, Flörsheim-Dalsheim, Dittelsheim, Monsheim, Worms
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Major Villages of Saale-Unstrut
Major Villages (Schloss Neuenburg): Bad Kösen, Freyburg, Weischütz, Karsdorf, Naumburg
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Major Villages of Sachsen
Major Villages (Meissen): Seusslitz, Proschwitz, Meissen, Pillnitz, Radebeul
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Major Villages of Württemberg
Major Villages (Remstal-Stuttgart): Stetten, Schnait, Fellbach, Untertürkheim, Winterbach Major Villages (Württembergisch Unterland): Stetten, Schozach, Neipperg, Schwaigern, Kleinbottwar, Hohenbeilstein, Neckarsulm, Heilbronn, Gundelsheim, Besigheim, Mundelsheim, Bönnigheim, Verrenberg, Maulbronn, Weinsberg
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``` Leading Producers- Ahr Baden Franken Hessische-Bergstrasse Mittelrhein Mosel Nahe Pfalz Rheingau Rheinhessen Saale-Unstrut Sachsen Württemberg ```
Ahr Leading Producers: Meyer-Näkel (Dernau), Jean Stodden (Rech), Weingut Deutzerhof - Cossmann-Hehle (Mayschoss), J.J. Adeneuer (Ahrweiler) Baden Leading Producers: Bernhard Huber (Malterdingen), Andreas Laible (Durbach), R. and C. Schneider (Endingen), Salwey (Oberrotweil) Franken Leading Producers: Rudolf Fürst (Burgstadt), Horst Sauer (Escherndorf), Hans Wirsching (Iphofen), Juliusspital Würzburg (Würzburg), Castell'sches Domänenamt (Castell) Hessische-Bergstrasse Leading Producers: Hessische Staatsweingüter Domaine Bergstrasse (Bensheim), Simon-Bürkle (Zwingenberg) Mittelrhein Leading Producers: Matthias Müller (Spay), Weingart (Spay), Toni Jost-Hahnenhof (Bacharach) Mosel Leading Producers: Fritz Haag (Brauneberg), Dr. Loosen (Bernkastel), Egon Müller (Wiltingen), Joh. Jos. Prüm (Wehlen) Nahe Leading Producers: Hermann Dönnhoff (Oberhausen), Emrich-Schönleber (Monzingen), Schlossgut Diel (Burg Layen), Schäfer-Fröhlich (Bockenau), Dr. Crusius (Traisen) Pfalz Leading Producers: Knipser (Laumersheim), Ökonomierat Rebholz ( Siebeldingen), Bassermann-Jordan (Deidesheim), Von Winning (Deidesheim), Friedrich Becker (Schweigen), Dr. Bürklin-Wolf (Wachenheim), A. Christmann (Gimmeldingen), Koehler-Ruprecht (Kallstadt), Philipp Kuhn (Laumersheim), Georg Mosbacher (Forst), Pfeffingen - Fuhrmann-Eymael (Bad Dürkheim), Dr. Wehrheim (Birkweiler) Rheingau Leading Producers: Robert Weil (Kiedrich), Georg Breuer (Rüdesheim), Schloss Johannisberg (Geisenheim), August Kesseler (Assmannshausen), Franz Künstler (Hochheim), Josef Leitz (Rüdesheim), Schloss Schönborn (Hattenheim), Josef Spreitzer (Oestrich) Rheinhessen Leading Producers: Keller (Flörsheim-Dalsheim), Kühling-Gillot (Bodenheim), Wagner-Stempel (Siefersheim), Wittman (Westhofen), Gunderloch (Nackenheim) Saale-Unstrut Leading Producers: Pawis (Freyburg) Sachsen Leading Producers: Schloss Proschwitz (Meissen), Klaus Zimmerling (Dresden-Pillnitz) Württemberg Leading Producers: Gerhard Aldinger (Fellbach), Rainer Schnaitmann (Fellbach)

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