MOSEL WINE

(Redirected from Mosel-Saar-Ruwer)
'Mosel' is a German wine-growing region (''Anbaugebiet'') that takes its name from the river Mosel (or Moselle). Before August 1, 2007 it was called 'Mosel-Saar-Ruwer', but changed to a name that was considered more consumer friendly name ^[1][2]. The region covers the valleys of the rivers Moselle, Saar and Ruwer near Koblenz and Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is mainly famous for its wines made from the Riesling grape, but Elbling and Müller-Thurgau also contributes to the production. Because of the notherly location of Mosel, the riesling wines are often light, low in alcohol, crisp and high in acidity, and often exhibit "flowery" rather than "fruity" aromas. It is often thought that they, even more than riesling wines from other German regions, benefit from a certain amount of residual sugar, to balance the acidity. However, completely dry wines are also made.

Within the Mosel region, there are the following six districts (''Bereiche'') and 19 collective vineyard designations (''Großlagen''), plus 524 single vineyard designations:

★ District Burg Cochem / more commonly known as Untermosel or Terrassenmosel

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★ Weinhex

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★ Goldbäumchen

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★ Rosenhang

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★ Grafschaft

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★ Schwarze Katz (Zell)

★ District Bernkastel / more commonly known as Mittelmosel

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★ Vom heißen Stein (Reil)

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★ Schwarzlay

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★ Nacktarsch (Kröv)

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★ Münzlay

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★ Badstube (Bernkastel)

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★ Beerenlay

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★ Kurfürstlay

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★ Michelsberg

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★ St. Michael

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★ Probstberg

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★ Römerlay

★ District Ruwertal / more commonly known as Ruwer (its formal name is due to the fact that Ruwer also is a suburb of Trier)

★ District Saar

★ District Obermosel

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★ Königsberg

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★ Gipfel

★ District Moseltor

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★ Schloß Bübinger (Perl)
Within Mosel, there are two major wine-grower's associations, ''Großer Ring'' which is the regional association belonging to VDP, and ''Bernkasteler Ring'', both of which arrange annual wine auctions of their top wines.

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★ Mosel-Saar-Ruwer

★ Mosel-Saar-Ruwer

★ complete list of vineyards

Notes

1. The wine-growing region ''Mosel-Saar-Ruwer'' had beeen renamed 'Mosel' on 1 August 2007. [1]
2. Decanter News August 13, 2007: Mosel-Saar-Ruwer shortens name to Mosel