Rhineland-Palatinate

Rheinland-Pfalz

Country in Southwest Germany ² with nearly 20,000 km. Here are six of the 13 regions, which represent Ahr , Middle Rhine , Moselle , Near , Rheinhessen and Palatine . The vineyards in 2009 included 64 101 hectares, or 63%, nearly two-thirds of the total area of ​​102 186 hectares of German. This illustrates the importance of the viniculture in Rhineland-Palatinate, whose land area accounts for only less so than 6%. The vineyards are located mostly on the slopes of the vineyard will favor the Waters and Rivers Ahr , Lahn, Moselle , Near , Rhine , and Saar Ruwer, and tributaries.

In possession of the land are the wineries State Viticulture domain Oppenheim , State Viticulture domain Trier , State Winery Bad Kreuznach , And State Winery Mosel winery with state-Mußbach Johannitergut Neustadt ad Weinstraße. The capital Mainz is a member of the global cities network wine Great Wine Capitals Global Network . With the country is the 85 km long German Wine Road , the oldest tourist road in Germany. Each year, the series of events CINEMA VINO with the objective of organizing, to link two areas of cinema and culture of wine making.