Anbaugebiete
In Germany there are two Quality Wine levels
1)Qualitatswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete (QbA)
2)Pradikatswein (formerly Qualitatswein mit Pradikat (QmP))
Both wines must be made in an Anbaugebeite, an Anbaugebeite is what's called a region in English.
There are 13 Quality Anbaugebeite (regions) in Germany. For a wine to be a QbA it must come from one of the 13 Anbaugebeite, blending from another Anbaugebeite (region) is forbidden.
Pradikatswein wines must come from one of the 13 Anbaugebeite (regions), but also this is a higher quality so must come from a single Bereich ( a district inside an Anbaugebeite (region))
Anbaugebeite
- Mosel
- Nahe
- Rheingau
- Rheinhessen
- Pfalz
- Baden
- Ahr
- Franken
- Hessische Bergstrasse
- Mittelrhein
- Saale-Unstrut
- Sachsen
- Wurttemberg
Glossary
Anbaugebeite
Designated Quality wine region
Bereich
A district inside an Anbaugebeite (made up of several communes)
Pradikatswein
Quality wine made in a Beriech
Grosses Gewachs (Reingau known as Erstes Gewachs)
Classification since 2002 with the VDP but not recognised until 2005 by German Wine Law. It means that the wine is from traditional grapes on traditional sites recognised by the VDP. VDP stipulate maximum yields are required equivalent for the must weights for Spatlese.
Grosslage
like a village level of Burgundy, if the wine is labeled Meursault then the wine has come from a collection of vineyards, so much the same a Grosslage (large site)
Einzellage
like a 1er Cru of Burgundy, Einzellage (individual site) similar to single vineyard. also same as burgundy the single vineyard maybe divided up with many growers.
German wine is not an easy subject to come to terms with straight away, hope these few facts can get you on the way to maybe looking into German wines more. Its typically close in terms like Burgundy, once Burgundy was new to you, so Germany is the same, just need time to understand
cheers
Lee
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