1960 The U K B G Guide to Drinks (3 rd edition revised)

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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