Rheingau

On the still existing today Cabinet-Keller the famous Cistercian monastery Eberbach goes the quality label cabinet back. From this monastery was also the endeavor, the red grape varieties mainly by the Riesling to replace. The first documentary mention of this variety dates from 1435 in Rüsselheim. The VDP-Rheingau organizes one annually here auction for charitable purposes, as well as organizes the Glorious Rheingau days, The place Hochheim has become synonymous with German Rhine wines, from the place name is the usual name in England Hock emerged. In Geisenheim was founded in 1872 important for the German viticulture research institute for viticulture, fruit and horticulture. In the Rheingau existed after the First World War for three years a curious Free State bottleneck,

The vineyards consist predominantly of sunny southern slopes. The beautiful wine route "Rheingau Riesling Route" runs along the right bank of Lorch to Hochheim. The Rheingau exists (since 1971) from the only area Johannisberg with eleven major locations and 123 individual layers. Quartz and slate soils in the higher elevations as well as loam, loess and clay soils in the valley are ideal basis for racy and spicy white wines. Phyllite schist around Assmannshausen but also offers optimal conditions for red wines. Well protected from the wind by the Taunus mountain range, there are mild winters and warm summers. From the year 1999, the name was First crop introduced with wines from first class classified layers (see under VDP classification ). Many of the individual layers extend over several communities. However, name parity is not always the same situation. The viticulture communities with their individual layers:

• Assmannshausen : Frankenthal Hinterkirch, Höllenberg
• Böddiger : mountain
• Delkenheim : Grub
• Dotzheim : Judenkirch
• Eltville : Calf obligation, Langenstück Rheinberg, Sonnenberg, Taubenberg
• Erbach : Hohenrain. Marcobrunn. Michel Mark, Rheingarten, Rheinhell, Schlossberg. Siegelsberg. Steinmorgen
• Flörsheim : Herrnberg, St. Anna Chapel
• Frankfurt am Main : Lohrberger slope
• Frauenstein : Herrnberg, Homberg, Marshal
• Geisenheim : Fuchsberg, Kilzberg, Kläuserweg. Mäuerchen. Mönchspfad. Rothenberg, Castle garden
• Hallgarten : Hendelberg. maid. Schönhell (with KL Frühernberg), Würzgarten
• Hattenheim : Engelmann mountain. Hassel. Heiligenberg. Miner. Nussbrunnen. Pfaffenberg, Rheingarten, Schützenhaus. Steinberg. Wisselbrunnen
• Hochheim : mountain, Domdechaney, Herrnberg, Hofmeister, hell. Kirchenstück, Queen Victoriaberg, Reichestal, Stone, stalk path
• Johannisberg : Goldatzel, Hansenberg, hell. Klaus. Castle Johannisberg, Schwarzenstein, Vogelsang
• Kiedrich : Gräfenberg, Monastery mountain, Sandgrub. Turmberg, Wasseros
• Lorch : Bodental Steinberg, chapel hill. Crown. Pfaffenwiesenstrasse. Schlossberg
• Lorchhausen : Rosenberg, Savior
• Mainz-Kostheim : White Erd, Steig, St. Kiliansberg
• Marthin Valley : Langenberg, Roedchen, Wildsau
• Mass home : Schloßgarten
• Mittelheim : Nobleman, Goldberg, St. Nicholas
• Oestrich : Doosberg, Monastery mountain, lenchen, Schloss Reichartshausen
• Rauenthal : Baiken. Gehrn. Langenstück. Nonnenberg. Rothenberg. Wülfen
• Ruedesheim : Mount Kaisersteinfels. Mount Roseneck. Mountain Rottland. Mountain Schlossberg, Bischofsberg, Drachenstein, Kirchenpfad, Klosterberg, Klosterlay, Magdalenenkreuz, Rosengarten
• Schierstein : Dachsberg, Herrenberg, hell
• Walluf : mountain shrine, Gottesacker, Langenstück, Oberberg, Vitusberg, Walkenberg
• Wicker : King Wilhelmsberg, monk Won. Nonnberg, Stone
• Wiesbaden : Nerobergbahn
• Angle : Dachsberg, Gutenberg, Hasensprung. Jesuitengarten. Schloss Vollrads

Well-known producers are Albus. Allendorf. old church. Baron Knyphausen. Barth Norbert. Bausch Hans. Becker Hans-Josef. Bibo & Runge. Episcopal vineyard Rüdesheim. Bott Michael. Breuer Georg. Breuer Stefan. Brothers Eser. Chat Sauvage. Daniel Holger. Diefenhardt's winery. Domdechant Werner'sches winery. Dr. Corvers-cautery. Dr. Heinrich Nägler. Erbslöh. Eser August. FB Schönleber. Flick Joachim. Baron Langwerth von Simmern. Freimuth Alexander. Prince Lowenstein. Privy Councilor J. Wegeler Erben. George. Georg Müller Foundation. Goziewski Jörn. Count of Kanitz. Hessian state vineyards. Heaven Emmerich. Hirschmann Christoph. HJ Ernst. Johanninger. Johannishof Eser. Young Jacob. Businessman Urban. Kesseler. Klosterweingut abbey St. Hildegard. King Robert. Crown. Bold Peter Jakob. Artist Gunter. Lamb-Jung. Laquai Paul. Leitz Johannes. GH of Mumm. Nikolai Heinz. Oetinger. Prince Fred. Prince of Hesse. Querbach. Ress Balthazar. Rothenbach Fritz. Rotkäppchen-Mumm. Rüdesheim sparkling wine Ohlig. Castle Johannisberg. Castle Reinhartshausen. Castle Schönborn. Schloss Vollrads. Solter. Spreader Andreas & Bernd. Strieth Thilo. Toni Jost Hahnenhof. Trenz Michael. Vaux. Because Robert. Wilhelm Mohr heirs and Winegrower of Erbach,

The grape variety level has hardly changed in the last ten years, in contrast to the other German growing areas. The two dominant grape varieties are the Riesling with almost 80% and the Pinot Noir with 12%. All other varieties make up the remaining 8%. The status 2009 (0 = less than 0.5 ha,? = Value unknown or confidential for statistical-legal reasons):