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2. Riesling - Wikipedia

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   The Ratskeller (council wine cellar) of the townhall of Bremen, Germany, stores 650+ German wines, including Riesling-based wines, often in barrel and back to the 1653 vintage. [ 17 ] More common aging periods for Riesling wines would be 5–15 years for dry, 10–20 years for semi-sweet and 10–30+ for sweet versions.

3. Auslese - Wikipedia

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   Rheingau winemaker Schloss Johannisberg is generally credited with discovering Auslese wine in 1787. [2] Auslesen are sometimes considered a German dessert wine, especially the wines made from botrytis infected bunches, though it is not as sweet as Eiswein, Beerenauslese (BA), or Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA) dessert wines. [citation needed]

4. German wine - Wikipedia

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   Among enthusiasts, Germany's reputation is primarily based on wines made from the Riesling grape variety, which at its best is used for aromatic, fruity and elegant white wines that range from very crisp and dry to well-balanced, sweet and of enormous aromatic concentration. While primarily a white wine country, red wine production surged in ...

5. Schloss Vollrads - Wikipedia

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   Schloss Vollrads also produces dry wines under the Erstes Gewächs designation. [8] The Vollrads Lage is highly "terroir-expressive", meaning that the character of Riesling wines is clearly influenced by the wine's place of origin. [9] In order to avoid cork taint, the wine is sealed with Vino-Lok glass stoppers. [10]

6. Hermann J. Wiemer - Wikipedia

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   In 1988, Wiemer's 1986 Riesling was the first New York wine to be served on an international flight on American Airlines. He was flying coach to West Germany, and a keen-eyed American Airlines employee noticed his name was the same as the wine being served in first class. He had submitted the wine for consideration but had no idea it had been ...

7. German wine classification - Wikipedia

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   There are two major categories of German wine: table and "quality" wine.Table wine includes the designations Deutscher Wein (previously Tafelwein) and Landwein. [8] Unlike the supposed equivalents of "Vin de Table" / "Vino da Tavola" and "Indicazione Geografica Tipica" / "Vin de Pays", production levels are not high, and these wines are typically exported to the United States.

8. Nahe (wine region) - Wikipedia

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   The Nahe is a predominantly white wine region with Riesling being the most significant planting. Riesling's prominence is due in part to the reforms of the Flurbereinigung and the decline of Müller-Thurgau which was once the Nahe's most widely planted variety but now accounts for around 16% of plantings.

9. Mosel (wine region) - Wikipedia

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   Towards the end of the 17th century, the Kunda began to be identified more with wine made from the Riesling grape. The St. Maximin's Abbey in Trier owned 74 vineyards and by 1695 had over 100,000 Riesling vines. Today the vineyard of Maximin Grünhaus is considered one of the best Riesling vineyards in all of Germany.