German Wine References
Bibliography
Brook, Stephen. The Wines of Germany. Mitchell Beazley, 2003.
Johnson, Hugh. The Story of Wine — New Illustrated Edition. Mitchell Beazley, 2002.
Robinson, Jancis. Harding, Julia. Vouillamoz, José. Wine Grapes. HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 2012.
Koch, Karl Heinrich. Mosel Wine: In Praise of Mosel Wine. Translated from the German by Lars Carlberg, Kevin Goldberg, Per Linder, and David Schildknecht. Domain Scott, 2022.
Online Resources
Deutsches Weininstituts Regional and Vineyard Map
2025 Draft Bill to introduce a nationwide system of vineyard classification [German]*
2013 Common Organisation of Markets in the EU, Regulation 1308/2013
1995 Wein-Verordnung (WeinV) Fifth German Wine Law [German]**
1994 Wein-Gesetz (WeinG) Fifth German Wine Law Promulgated Version [German]***
1971 Wein-Gesetz (Bundesgesetzblatt) Fifth German Wine Law Original Version [German]****
*See English translation below in Downloads
**implements the rules and regulations in practice.
***Sets the base rules and standards
****See English translation below in Downloads