Being a good German I can’t hardly allow myself not to talk about German wines. During my work in restaurants in Germany I’ve certainly sold a lot of Italian and French wines… but when it came to drink a good white wine, the choice was often “limited” to a glass of local wine.
\nWhen you’re talking about Germany as a wine region, one often tends only to talk about “Riesling” and mainly about the Riesling, which is produced in the most famous wine-growing region along the Rhine river. Even though Germany has 13 different wine regions where excellent wines are produced with local grapevines, which are in no way inferior than Riesling!<\/p>\n
These include the following regions<\/strong>: Ahr, Baden, Franken, Hessische Bergstrasse, Mittelrhein, Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, Nahe, Pfalz, Rheingau, Rheinhessen, Saale-Unstrut, Sachsen, W\u00fcrttemberg. One of the characteristics that share almost every region is to develop along rivers and tributaries, where the micro-climate favors the growth of the grapevines.<\/p>\n But what types of white wine we find almost everywhere in Germany? Among the most famous belong M\u00fcller-Thurgau, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris and Silvaner.<\/strong><\/p>\n And what can we say about red wine? Germany only has a very modest production of red wine that in most cases regarding their distribution do not exceed the national border, but were served in local restaurants.<\/p>\n The most commonly used red wine varieties include<\/strong> Pinot Noir, Dornfelder and Portuguese. In general they are very fruity and fresh wines which were matured in wood for a short time and drunk young. The most appropriate area of cultivation for red wine is surely located around the river “Ahr”.<\/p>\n For further information about German wines:<\/p>\n