German Wine

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Region Germany
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Wittmann Rheinhessen Estate Riesling Trocken 2016Riesling from Rheinhessen, Germany
- JS
- WS
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Weingut Friedrich Becker Pfalz Pinot Gris 2018Pinot Gris/Grigio from Pfalz, Germany
- WE
- WS
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Von Winning Pfalz Sauvignon Blanc II 2018Sauvignon Blanc from Pfalz, Germany
- WS
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Muller-Catoir Herrenletten Riesling Trocken 2018Riesling from Pfalz, Germany
- JS
- RP
- WS
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J.J. Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese 2013Riesling from Mosel, Germany
- JS
- WS
- W&S
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Eugen Muller Vom Basalt Pechstein Riesling Kabinett 2018Riesling from Pfalz, Germany
- WS
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Rebholz Im Sonnenschein Pinot Blanc Grosses Gewachs 2019Pinot Blanc from Pfalz, Germany
- JS
- WS
- RP
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Wittmann Morstein Riesling Grosses Gewachs 2018Riesling from Rheinhessen, Germany
- RP
- JS
- WS
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Rebholz Kastanienbusch Riesling Grosses Gewachs 2019Riesling from Pfalz, Germany
- JS
- WS
- RP
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Wittmann Kirchspiel Riesling Grosses Gewachs 2018Riesling from Rheinhessen, Germany
- WS
- RP
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Muller-Catoir Haardt Muskateller Trocken 2017Muscat from Pfalz, Germany
- JS
- WS
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Bassermann-Jordan Hohenmorgen Riesling Grosses Gewachs 2017Riesling from Pfalz, Germany
- WS
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Wittmann Aulerde Riesling Grosses Gewachs 2018Riesling from Rheinhessen, Germany
- JS
- WS
- RP
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Wittmann Brunnenhauschen Riesling Grosses Gewachs 2018Riesling from Rheinhessen, Germany
- RP
- WS
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Von Winning Grainhubel Riesling Grosses Gewachs 2018Riesling from Pfalz, Germany
- WS
- RP
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Rebholz Kastanienbusch Riesling Grosses Gewachs 2017Riesling from Pfalz, Germany
- WS
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Rebholz Kastanienbusch Riesling Grosses Gewachs 2016Riesling from Pfalz, Germany
- WS
- JD
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Wittmann Westhofener Riesling Trocken 2018Riesling from Rheinhessen, Germany
- JS
- WS
- RP
- W&S
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Eva Fricke Schlossberg Riesling Halbtrocken 2019Riesling from Rheingau, Germany
- WS
- JS
- RP
Out of Stock (was $114.99)
Learn about German wine, common tasting notes, where the region is and more ...
As the world’s northernmost fine wine producing region, Germany faces some of the most extreme climatic and topographic challenges in viticulture. But fortunately this country’s star white wine variety, Riesling, is cold-hardy enough to survive freezing winters, and has enough natural acidity to create balance, even in wines with the highest levels of residual sugar. Riesling responds splendidly to Germany’s variable terroir, allowing the country to build its reputation upon fine wines at all points of the sweet to dry spectrum, many of which can age for decades.
Classified by ripeness at harvest, Riesling can be picked early for dry wines or as late as January following the harvest for lusciously sweet wines. There are six levels in Germany’s ripeness classification, ordered from driest to sweetest: Kabinett, Spätlese, Auslese, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese and Eiswein (ice wine). While these German wine classifications don’t exactly match the sweetness levels of the finished wines, the Kabinett category will include the drier versions and anything above Auslese will have noticeable—if not noteworthy—sweetness. Eiswein is always remarkably sweet.
Other important German white wine varieties include Müller-Thurgau as well as Grauburguner (Pinot Gris) and Weissburguner (Pinot Blanc). The red wine, Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir), grown in warmer pockets of the country can be both elegant and structured.
As the fourth largest wine producer in Europe (after France, Italy and Spain), in contrast to its more Mediterranean neighbors, Germany produces about as much as it consumes—and is also the largest importer of wine in the E.U.