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WINES OF GERMANY
This area extends from the town of Bingen opposite the
Rheingau area to the town of Worms. The whole area
lying on the left hand bank of the River Rhine.
The best known wines of this area are:—
Nackenheim
Nierstein
Bodenheim
Oppenheim
A more popular and widely known name is that wine
known and produced as Liebfraumilch, which is a generic
name given to wines of a soft, agreeable and good quality.
It is a blended wine and must not be confused with
a wine called Liebfrauenstift, the name given to the wine
produced from the vineyards around the Liebfrauenkirche
(The Church of Our Dear Lady)in Worms.
Often linked with the Rheinhessen are the wines of the
Nahe Valley, a tributary of the River Rhine. These wines
are more elegant but not so full-bodied as the wines of
the Rheinhessen. Three of the best are:—
Schloss Boeckelheim (Schloss meaning"Castle ").
Niederhausen.
Kreuznach.
The Palatinate or Rheinpfalz area lies to the south of
the Rheinhessen still on the left bank of the River Rhine,
and lie upon a plateau some fifteen miles from the river
at the foot-hills of the Haart Mountains, by which they
are sheltered. The wines produced here are good luscious
wines in large quantities, but they have not the keeping
qualities of those of the Rheingau. Most of the principal
vineyards face south and the principal ones are Forst,
Deidesheim Wachenheim, Ruppertsberg, Duerkheim.
MOSELLES
The vines are grown on the steep slopes along the banks
of the greatly winding River Moselle and its tributaries,
the Saar, and the Ruwer. They grow on the terraces on
both banks of the rivers, from Treves to Coblenz. These
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