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acreage planted with the ancient variety Silvaner and is the birthplace of Liebfraumilch, the soft, mellow white wine originally made from grapes grown in vineyards surrounding the Liebfrauenkirche, or Church of Our Lady , in Worms .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:

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.

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

Büdesheim (village)

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

Biebelsheim (village)

Honigberg

Kieselberg

Pfaffen-Schwabenheim (village)

Mandelbaum

Zotzenheim (village)

Johannisberg

Klostergartchen

Badenheim (village)

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

Appenheim (village)

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

Bornheim (village)

Hähnchen

Hütte Terrassn

Kirchenstück

Schönberg

Lonsheim (village)

Schönberg

Mandleberg

Bermersheim v.d.h. (village)

Klosterberg

Hildegardisberg

Armsheim (village)

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

Bubenheim (village)

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

Bodenheim (village)

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

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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

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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

Alsheim (village)

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

Bechtolsteim (village)

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

Albig (village)

Schloß Hammerstein

Hundskopf

Homberg

Alzey (village)

Schloß Hammerstein

Biebelnheim (village)

Pilgerstein

Rosenberg

Spiesheim (village)

Osterberg

GROSSLAGE Rheinblick

Alsheim (village)

Fisherpfad

Frühmesse

Römerberg

Sonnenberg

Dorn-Durkheim (village)

Hasensprung

Römerberg

Mettenheim (village)

Michelsberg

Schloßberg

Bereich Wonnegau

GROSSLAGE Sybillinenstein

Bechenheim (village)

Fröhlich

Offenheim (village)

Mandelberg

Mauchenheim (village)

Sioner klosterberg

Weinheim (village)

Mandelberg

Hölle

Kirchenstuck

Kapellenberg

Heiliger Bluberg

Heimersheim (village)

Sonnenberg

Rotenfels

Alzey (village)

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

Bermersheim (village)

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

Bechtheim (village)

Hasensprung

Heiligkreuz

Osthofen (village)

Rheinberg

Klosterberg

Liebenberg

Kirchberg

GROSSLAGE Gotteshilfe

Bechtheim (village)

Rosengarten

Geyersberg

Stein

Osthofen (village)

Hasenbiß

Neuberg

Leckzapfen

Goldberg

GROSSLAGE Burg Rodenstein

Ober – Flörsheim (village)

Blücherpfad

Bermersheim (village)

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

Abenheim (village)

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