German Wines

The 120-kilometer Rheingau Riesling Route leads through picturesque wine villages. Historic monasteries, castles, and palaces blend beautifully into the picturesque landscape. The typical Riesling has a pale yellow or greenish-yellow color with a dominant aroma of peach or apple and a racy acidity in the mouth. Taste the wine in an excellent winery or in a cozy pub. The Rheingau offers high-level wine and culinary experiences throughout the year, such as the Gourmet and Wine Festival, the Schlemmerwochen (special food festival weeks), the Rheingau Music Festival and the wine auction at Eberbach Monastery.

This wine-growing region is considered the oldest in Germany. Nowhere else in the world are there more steep-slope vineyards than in Germany's fifth-largest wine-growing region. It is home to the steepest vineyard in Europe and the oldest wine estate in the world, founded in 862, which is now run as an organic vineyard. Wander along the Moselhöhenweg with impressive views over the landscape. The Moselle region is known for its fruity wines, which you can enjoy in the countless idyllic villages in charming wine taverns.

The wine-growing region for Franconian wines is located in idyllic northern Bavaria. Silvaner in particular, one of the oldest vines still cultivated today, is a flagship of Franconian winemaking. The center of the growing region is the baroque and festival city of Würzburg with the UNESCO World Heritage Site Würzburger Residenz and the medieval Marienberg Fortress. And with famous vineyards such as the Würzburger Stein, which was one of Goethe's favorite wines. Taste the mostly characterful dry, spicy-fresh and sometimes hearty wines in one of Würzburg's traditional wineries or in the charming wine villages of Franconia.