Wine in Germany
The reference — and commercial case for German wine.
Start here: An Introduction to Wine in Germany
Germany has thirteen wine regions. Each has an essay on what the place is and why it tastes the way it does, and a companion page on the producers worth knowing.
The thirteen regions
| Region | The region | Producers |
|---|---|---|
| Ahr | Pinot from Sun and Slate | Ahr Producers |
| Baden | Greetings from the Kraichgau | Baden Producers |
| Franken | Silvaner's Heimatland | Franken Producers |
| Hessische Bergstraße | The Spring Garden | Hessische Bergstraße Producers |
| Mittelrhein | Romance on the Rhine | Mittelrhein Producers |
| Mosel | Winding Slopes of Slate | Mosel Producers |
| Nahe | Exquisitely Tuned | Nahe Producers |
| Pfalz | Pfalz is for the Feinschmecker | Pfalz Producers |
| Rheingau | Historic, Venerable, Rejuvenated | Rheingau Producers |
| Rheinhessen | Red Slopes, Limestone Hills | Rheinhessen Producers |
| Saale-Unstrut | Viticulture on the Edge | Saale-Unstrut Producers |
| Sachsen | Beauty Awakened | Sachsen Producers |
| Württemberg | Oh Those Industrious Swabians | Württemberg Producers |
Reference
| German Wine Law | How the 1971 law and its successors actually classify a bottle |
| Germany's VDP | The producers' association and its Grosse Lage hierarchy |
| German Wine History | Two thousand years, compressed |
| German Grape Varieties White | Riesling, Silvaner, Weissburgunder and the rest |
| German Grape Varieties Red | Spätburgunder, Lemberger, Dornfelder |
| German Vintages | Year by year, what the weather did |
| German Wine Glossary | The vocabulary, with pronunciation |
| Wine References | Sources and further reading |
Austria
In progress.