- Wonnegau, southern part. Densely closed wine landscape around Bechtheim, Osthofen, Flörsheim-Dalsheim, Monsheim, Alzey, and Weinheim.
- Nierstein, eastern part: Along the Rhine River between Bodenheim and Mettenheim.
- Bingen, western part. Between Bingen and Heidenheim along the Rhine river, in the South up to Lonsheim.
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The wines from the Rheinhessen
The largest wine-growing area of Germany . Located in the " Rhine 's sharp bend" between Mainz , Bingen, Alzey, and Worms . The rivers Selz and Primm pass through its Soft hilly landscape. Extensive production of wine, also for the sparkling wine industry. Most known export bestseller is probably the "Liebfraumilch".
. While vines are virtually a monoculture in the Rheingau or along the Mosel , they are but one of many crops that share the fertile soils of this region's vast farmlands. Steep vineyard sites are confined to small areas near Bingen and south of Mainz along the Rhein Terrace. Varied soils and the favourable climate make it possible to grow many grape varieties, old and new. In fact, many of Germany 's aromatic, early-ripening new crossings were bred in Rheinhessen by Professor Georg Scheu, after whom the Scheurebe grape is named (pronounced "shoy"). The region boasts the world's largest acreage planted with the ancient variety Silvaner and is the birthplace of Liebfraumilch, the soft, mellow white wine originally made from grapes grown in vineyards surrounding the Liebfrauenkirche, or Church of Our Lady , in Worms . Rheinhessen wines are often characterized as being soft, fragrant, medium-bodied and mild in acidity pleasant, easy-to-drink wines. There are also wines of great class and elegance, with a depth and complexity second to none.
The first vineyard in Mainz was around 20 BC. Wine-growing and wine trade in Rhine-Hesse flourished already in the 8th century. The cultivation of Riesling in 1511 in Pfeddersheim is verified by documents. In the middle Ages it was regarded as " Europe 's winepress".
In 2001 the region of Rheinhessen which has 26.296 ha under vine produced 2.401.967 hectolitres of grape must which gives a yield of 95,4 hectolitres per hectares this was split into 0,3 % table wine 43,9 % QbA wine and 55,8 QmP wines.
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Geographical location:
The Rhine Valley , bordered on the west by the Nahe River and on the north and east by the Rhine .
Major town(s): Mainz , Worms , Alzey, Bingen.
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Climate:
Mild. The region is ringed by protective hills and forests: in the west, the forested, hilly countryside known as Rheinhessen's Switzerland ; in the north, the Taunus Hills; in the east, the Oden Forest . Few precipitations. Still relatively cold winters with increasing distance from the Rhine River since a temperature-balancing water surface is missing.
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Geology:
Mostly loess, especially in the Wonnegau and in the Alzey area. Otherwise rich, chalky marl soils with a high share of clay.
Loess, limestone and loam, often mixed with sand or gravel, are the main soil types. Rotliegendes is a red, slatey-sandy clay soil in the steep riverfront vineyards of Nackenheim and Nierstein and near Bingen, there is an outcropping of quartzite-slate
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Grape varieties [white 78.5% · red 21.5%]
Müller-Thurgau 5.268ha which is 20, 0% of total area
Silvaner 2.987 ha which is 11, 3% of total area
Riesling ha which is 2.594 9, 9% total area
Dornfelder 2.195 ha which is 8, 3% of total area
Kerner 1.979 ha which is 7, 5% of total area
Portugieser 1.852 ha which is 7, 0% total area
Scheurebe 1.538 ha which is 5, 8% of total area
Bacchus 1.460 ha which is 5, 5% of total area
Faberrebe 1.077 ha which is 4, 1% of area
The most important red varieties are Portugieser, Dornfelder and Spätburgunder.
Vineyard area
Rhine-Hesse is divided into three areas:
26.296ha · 3 districts · 24 collective vineyard sites · 400+ individual sites (see below)
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Specified region Rheinhessen
(a) Sub-regions:
Bereich Bingen
GROSSLAGE Sankt Rochuskapelle
Kempton (village)
Schloßberg-Schwätzerchen
Kirchberg
Kapellenberg
Pfarrgarten
Gaulsheim (village)
Pfarrgarten
Bubenststück
Osterberg
Rosengarten
Scharlachberg
Schelmenstück
Schwarzenberg
Dietersheim (village)
Schelmenstück
Sponsheim (village)
Palmenstein
Grolsheim (village)
Ölberg
Gensingen (village)
Goldberg
Horrweiler (village)
Gewürzgärtchen
Goldberg
Weigesheim (village)
Kirchgärtchen
Honigberg
Kieselberg
Pfaffen-Schwabenheim (village)
Mandelbaum
Zotzenheim (village)
Johannisberg
Klostergartchen
Galgenberg
Römerberg
Dromersheim (village)
Honigberg
Klosterweg
Mainzerweg
Ockenheim (village)
Laberstall
Hockenmühle
St Jakobsberg
Klosterweg
Kreuz
Schönhölle
GROSSLAGE Abtey
Gau-Aigesheim (village)
Steinert
Johannisberg
Goldberg
Rothenberg
St Laurenzikapelle
Daubhaus
Hundertgulden
Eselspfad
Drosselborn
Nieder-Hilbersheim (village)
Honigberg
Steinacker
Mönchspforte
Sprendingen (village)
Klostergarten
Honigberg
Hölle
Sonnenberg
Wißberg
Sankt Johann (village)
Klostergarten
Steinberg
Geyersberg
Wolfsheim (village)
Götzenborn
Osterberg
Sankt Kathrin
Partenheim (village)
Sankt Georgen
Steinberg
GROSSLAGE Rheingrafenstein
Pleitersheim (village)
Sternberg
Volxheim (village)
Mönchberg
Alte Römerstraße
Liebfrau
Hackenheim (village)
Klostergarten
Sonnenberg
Galgenberg
Gewürzgarten
Kirschberg
Freilaubersheim (village)
Alte Römerstraße
Fels
Rheingrafenberg
Reichskeller
Kirchberg
Tiefenthal (village)
Graukatz
Fürfeld (village)
Kapellenberg
Eichelberg
Steige
Stein-Bockenheim (village)
Sonnenberg
Wonsheim (village)
Sonnenberg
Hölle
Martinsberg
Neu-Bamberg (village)
Eichelberg
Kletterberg
Kirschwingert
Heerkretz
Siefersheim (village)
Heerkretz
Goldenes Horn
Höllberg
Martinsberg
Wöllstein (village)
Haarberg-katzensteg
Ölberg
Affchen
Hölle
Eckelsheim (village)
Kirchberg
Eselstreiber
GROSSLAGE Adelberg
Nieder-Wiesen (village)
Wingertsberg
Nack (village)
Ahrenberg
Wendelsheim (village)
Heiligenpfad
Steigerberg
Flonheim (village)
Binger Berg
Rotenpfad
Klostergarten
Geisterberg
Uffhofen (village)
Binger Berg
Pfaffenberg
La Roche
Geisterberg
Erbes-büdesheim (village)
Geisterberg
Vogelsang
Hähnchen
Hütte Terrassn
Kirchenstück
Schönberg
Lonsheim (village)
Schönberg
Mandleberg
Klosterberg
Hildegardisberg
Goldstükchen
Geiersberg
Schimsheim (village)
Geiersberg
Leckersberg
Ensheim (village)
Kachelberg
Wörrstadt (village)
Kachelberg
Rheingrafenberg
Rommersheim (village)
Kachelberg
Sulzheim (village)
Schildberg
GROSSLAGE Kurfürstenstück
Gumbsheim (village)
Schloßhölle
Gau-Bickelheim (village)
Bockshaut
Saukopf
Kapelle
Wöllstein (village)
Schloßhölle
Bockshaut
Wallertheim (village)
Vogelsang
Heil
Wißberg
Kaisergarten
Gau-Weinheim (village)
Wißberg
Kaisergarten
Geyersberg
Vendersheim (village)
Sonnenberg
GROSSLAGE Kaiserpfalz
Jungenheim (village)
St Georgenberg
Goldberg
Hasensprung
Heiligenhäuschen
Engelstadt (village)
Adelpfad
Römerberg
Kallenberg
Honigberg
Schabenheim (village)
Sonnenberg
Schloßberg
Klostergarten
Groß-winternheim (village)
Schloßberg
Klosterbruder
Bockstein
Heilighäuschen
Ingelheim (village)
Schloß Westerhaus
Schloßberg
Sonnenhang
Rheinhöhe
Sonnenberg
Burgberg
Kirchenstück
Täuscherspfad
Horn
Pares
Steinacker
Höllenweg
Rotes Kreuz
Lottenstück
Rabekopf
Wackernheim (village)
Rabenkopf
Schwalben
Steinberg
Heidesheim (village)
Geißberg
Steinacker
Höllenberg
Bereich Nierstein
GROSSLAGE Sankt Alban
Hechtsheim (village)
Kirchenstück
Johannisberg
Edelmann
Klosterberg
Laubenheim (village)
Johannisberg
Edelmann
Klosterberg
Ebersheim (village)
Sand
Hüttberg
Weinkeller
Mönhspfad
Burgweg
Ebersberg
Heitersbrünnchen
Reichsritterstift
Westrum
Hoch
Kapelle
Leidhecke
Silberberg
Kreuzberg
Gau-bischofsheim (village)
Glockenberg
Pfaffenweg
Kellersberg
Herrnberg
Harxheim (village)
Börnchen
Schloßberg
Lieth
Lörzweiler (village)
Ölgild
Hohberg
GROSSLAGE Domherr
Klein-Winternheim (village)
Geiershöll
Villenkeller
Herrgottshaus
Kapellenberg
Ober-Olm (village)
Kapellenberg
Essenheim (village)
Teufelspfad
Römerberg
Elsheim (village)
Bockstein
Tempelchen
Blume
Stadecken (village)
Lenchen
Spitzberg
Saulheim (village)
Probstey
Schloßberg
Hölle
Haubenberg
Pfaffengarten
Heiligenhaus
Udenheim (village)
Goldberg
Sonnenberg
Kirchberg
Schornsheim (village)
Mönchspfad
Ritterberg
Sonnenhang
Gabsheim (village)
Dornpfad
Kirchberg
Rosengarten
GROSSLAGE Gutes Domtal
Nieder-Olm (village)
Klosterberg
Sonnenberg
Goldberg
Lörzweiler (village)
Königstuhl
Nackenheim (village)
Schmittskapellchen
Schwabsburg (village)
Pfaffenkappe
Dexheim (village)
Doctor
Dalheim (village)
Steinberg
Kranzberg
Altdörr
Weinolsheim (village)
Hohberg
Kehr
Friesenheim (village)
Altdörr
Bergpfad
Knopf
Undenheim (village)
Goldberg
Köngerheim (village)
Goldgrube
Selzen (village)
Rheinpforte
Gottesgarten
Osterberg
Hahnheim (village)
Knopf
Moosberg
Sörgenloch (village)
Moosberg
Zornheim (village)
Vogelsang
Guldenmorgen
Mönchbäumchen
Dachgewann
Pilgerweg
Mommenheim (village)
Osterberg
Silbergrube
Klosterberg
GROSSLAGE Spiegelberg
Nackenheim (village)
Engelberg
Rothenberg
Nierstein
Nierstein (village)
Rosenberg
Klostergarten
Findling
Kirchplatte
Schloß Hohenreschen
Bildstock
Brücken
Paterberg
Hölle
Schwabsburg (village)
Kirchplatte
Bildstock
Ebersberg
GROSSLAGE Rehbach
Nierstein (village)
Pettenthal
Brudersberg
Hipping
Goldene Luft
GROSSLAGE Auflangen
Nierstein (village)
Kranzberg
Zehnmorgen
Bergkirche
Glö
Ölberg
Heiligenbaum
Orbel
Schloß schwabsburg
Schawabsburg (village)
Orbel
Schloß schwabsburg
GROSSLAGE Güldenmorgen
Oppenheim
Oppenheim (village)
Daubhaus
Zuckerburg
Herrenberg
Sackträger
Schützenhütte
Kreuz
Dienheim (village)
Herrenberg
Kreuz
Falkenberg
Siliusbrunnen
Höhlchen
Tafelstein
Uelversheim (village)
Tafelstein
GROSSLAGE Krötenbrunnen
Oppenheim (village)
Schloßberg
Schloß
Paterhof
Herrengarten
Dienheim (village)
Schloß
Paterhof
Herrengarten
Ludwigshöhe (village)
Honigberg
Guntersblum (village)
Steinberg
Sonnenhang
Sonnenberg
Eiserne hand
Sankt Julianenbrunnen
Gimbsheim (village)
Sonnenweg
Liebfrauenthal
Goldberg
Eich (village)
Goldberg
Mettenheim (village)
Goldberg
Hillesheim (village)
Altenberg
Sonnheil
Wintersheim (village)
Fraugarten
Dolgesheim (village)
Kreuzberg
Schützenhütte
Eimsheim (village)
Hexelberg
Sonnenhang
Römerschanze
Uelversheim (village)
Aulenberg
schloß
GROSSLAGE Vögelsgärten
Ludwigshöhe (village)
Teufelskopf
Guntersblum (village)
Kreuzkapelle
Steig-Terrassen
Bornpfad
Authental
Himmelthal
GROSSLAGE Petersberg
Wingertstor
Sonnenberg
Homberg
Klosterberg
Gau-Odernheim (village)
Herrgottspfad
Ölberg
Fuchsloch
Gau-Odernheim Orsteil Gau-Könernheim (village)
Vogelsang
Framersheim (village)
Zechberg
Kreuzweg
Hornberg
Gau-Heppenheim (village)
Schloßberg
Pfarrgarten
Schloß Hammerstein
Hundskopf
Homberg
Schloß Hammerstein
Pilgerstein
Rosenberg
Spiesheim (village)
Osterberg
GROSSLAGE Rheinblick
Fisherpfad
Frühmesse
Römerberg
Sonnenberg
Dorn-Durkheim (village)
Hasensprung
Römerberg
Mettenheim (village)
Michelsberg
Schloßberg
Bereich Wonnegau
GROSSLAGE Sybillinenstein
Fröhlich
Offenheim (village)
Mandelberg
Mauchenheim (village)
Sioner klosterberg
Weinheim (village)
Mandelberg
Hölle
Kirchenstuck
Kapellenberg
Heiliger Bluberg
Heimersheim (village)
Sonnenberg
Rotenfels
Kapellenberg
Rotenfels
Römerberg
Pfaffenhalde
Wartberg
Kettenheim (village)
Wartberg
Dautenheim (village)
Himmelacker
Wahlheim (village)
Schelmen
Freimersheim (village)
Frankenstein
GROSSLAGE Bergkloster
Esselborn (village)
Goldberg
Flomborn (village)
Feuerberg
Goldberg
Eppelsheim (village)
Felsen
Dintesheim (village)
Felsen
Hangen-Weisheim (village)
Sommerwende
Gundersheim (village)
Höllenbrand
Königsstuhl
Gundheim (village)
Sonnenberg
Mandelbrunnen
Hungerbiene
Hasenlauf
Westofen (village)
Rotenstein
Steingrube
Benn
Morstein
Brunnenhäuschen
Kirchspiel
Alerde
GROSSLAGE Pilgerpfad
Frettenheim (village)
Heil
Dittelsheim (village)
Leckerberg
Pfaffenmütze
Mönchhube
Kloppberg
Geiersberg
Heßloch (village)
Liebfrauenberg
Edie Weingärten
Mondschein
Monzernheim (village)
Goldberg
Steinhöhl
Hasensprung
Heiligkreuz
Osthofen (village)
Rheinberg
Klosterberg
Liebenberg
Kirchberg
GROSSLAGE Gotteshilfe
Rosengarten
Geyersberg
Stein
Osthofen (village)
Hasenbiß
Neuberg
Leckzapfen
Goldberg
GROSSLAGE Burg Rodenstein
Ober – Flörsheim (village)
Blücherpfad
Seilgarten
Flörsheim- Dalsheim orsteil Dalsheim (village)
Hubacker
Sauloch
Steig
Bürgel
Flörsheim- Dalsheim orsteil Neiderflörsheim (village)
Steig
Goldberg
Frauenberg
Mörstadt (village)
Nonnengarten
Katzenbuckel
GROSSLAGE Domblick
Mölsheim (village)
Zellerweg am schwarzen Herrgott
Silberberg
Monsheim (village)
Silberberg
Wachenheim (village)
Rotenberg
Horn
Kriegsheim (village)
Rosengarten
Hohen – Sülzen (village)
Sonnenberg
Kirchenstück
Offstein (village)
Engelsberg
Schloßgarten
GROSSLAGE Liebfrauenmorgen
Worms (village)
St Cyriakusstift
Liebfrauenstift Kirchenstück
Remeyerhof
Nonnenwingert
Leiselheim (village)
Nonnenwingert
Goldpfad
Klausenberg
Kapellenstück
Bildstock
Herrnsheim (village)
Rheinberg
Lerchelsberg
Sankt Annaberg
Hochberg
Römersteg
Pfeddersheim (village)
Nonnenwingert
Hochberg
St Georgenberg
Kreuzblick
Horchheim (village)
Goldberg
Weinsheim (village)
Bururgweg
Weis- Oppenheim (village)
Am Heiligen Häuschen
Heppenheim (village)
Affenberg
Schneckenberg
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