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  Rheinhessen
Rheinhessen is known as Germany’s largest wine producing region.
Nestled between rolling hills, bordered to the west by the Nahe River and to the northeast by the Rhine, it is a very fertile land.
The young, ambitious wine makers of Rheinhessen are known for their commitment to experiment with various grape varieties and production methods.
www.trulyfinewine.com /Rheinhessen_ep_39-1.html   (384 words)

  
  German Wine Guide: Rheinhessen
To the west the region is bordered by the Nahe and her vineyards, whereas to the north it is the westward flow of the Rhine that delimits the Rheinhessen vineyards from those of the Rheingau, on the other side of the river.
Rheinhessen has been a seat of viticulture for many centuries, like many other such regions the practice of growing grapes and fermenting them to produce wine originated at least with the Romans, if not earlier than that.
Rheinhessen also has the rather dubious honour of being considered the birthplace of Liebfraumilch, the seemingly ubiquitous German white wine which, as I discussed in my introduction, was probably originally derived from the wines of the Liebfrauenkirche (Milk of Our Church) vineyard near Worms.
www.thewinedoctor.com /regionalguides/germanyrheinhessen.shtml   (1393 words)

  
  Rheinhessen
Rheinhessen refers to the part of Hesse-Darmstadt located west of the Rhine river.
Rheinhessen is known for its wines, and is one of the 13 regulated production areas in Germany, along with the Rheingau, Franken, and the Saale-Unstrut areas, for example.
Rheinhessen wines are produced primarily from white varieties such as Silvaner, Riesling, Kerner or Scheurebe.
www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/r/rh/rheinhessen.html   (153 words)

  
 Rheinhessen english
Rheinhessen: Calling all connoisseurs!(rpt) In Rheinhessen, Germany's largest winegrowing area, the river Rhine is a decisive influence on the climate and thus the undisputed quality of Rheinhessen wines.
Rheinhessen's "cow chapels" are fascinating; former cow byres built with a vaulted roof to reduce the risk of fire, they are now used as cosy inns and vintner's taverns and also as venues for cultural events.
The people of Rheinhessen are also expert beer brewers and accompany the beer with traditional hearty food, such as "Backeskartoffel" (pommes boulangères) or "Spundekäs", a spicy cream cheese.
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 German Embassy London - Rheinhessen (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Rheinhessen wines are often characterized as being soft, fragrant, medium-bodied and mild in acidity — pleasant, easy-to-drink wines.
The region is ringed by protective hills and forests: in the west, the forested, hilly countryside known as Rheinhessen's Switzerland; in the north, the Taunus Hills; in the east, the Oden Forest.
About one third of all Rheinhessen wine is exported, not least because it is the primary supplier of the components for Liebfraumilch.
www.london.diplo.de /Vertretung/london/en/01/German__Food__Wine/German__wine/Wine__Rheinhessen__seite.html   (537 words)

  
 Wein direkt vom Winzer aus Rheinhessen
Klimatisch bevorzugt durch ungewöhlich viele Sonnenstunden ist es kein Wunder, dass sich Rheinhessen zum größten Weinanbaugebiet Deutschlands entwickelt hat und große Dichter und Denker schon vor über 100 Jahren, beim Rheinhessenwein ins Schwärmen gerieten.
Das Terroir 'Rheinhessen' wird mit seiner Individualität hervorragend interpretiert.
Rheinhessen Service bietet einen Veranstaltungskalender, der auch die kleinen und oft sehr interessanten Veranstaltungen in Rheinhessen zeigt.
www.rheinhessenwein24.de   (335 words)

  
 Schlossadler International Wines - A Short Guide to German Wines - Part II
The Nahe region is set west of Rheinhessen, which it borders, and east of the Mosel.
Bordered by Rheinhessen on the north and France on the south and west, the Pfalz's vineyards sweep across this pretty, peaceful land for nearly 50 uninterrupted miles and produce more wine than any other region in Germany.
Liebfraumilch and its Origins Rheinhessen is the birthplace of Liebfraumilch, the soft, mellow white wine originally made from grapes grown in vineyards, surrounding the church named,,Liebfrauenkirche" in Worms.
schlossadler.com /guide2.html   (2002 words)

  
 Rheinhessen Wineries & Vineyards, Reviews, Tasting Notes, Grape Varieties
Rheinhessen, the largest wine growing region of Germany, is defined by the two rivers that create its borders.
The Rheinhessen region spans the rolling hills and river valleys in a swath 20 miles wide and 30 miles long between the wine-growing communities of Worms, Alzey, Mainz and Bingen.
Wine Eden - Rheinhessen - A brief introduction to the history is followed by the climate, geology, a breakdown of the wines produced by grape variety, and an extensive list of the wine areas that includes the villages in the area that you'll find on the wine labels.
www.chiff.com /wine/europe/rheinhessen.htm   (535 words)

  
 Jaccard-Wolfgram and Extended Families - pafg22 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Wandela Margarethe was born in 1613 in Guntersblum, Rheinhessen, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany.
Velten Loos was born in 1535 in Guntersblum, Rheinhessen, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany.
Anna Christine Jung was born on 8 Aug 1698 in Guntersblum, Rheinhessen, Hesse- Darmstad, Germany.
jaccard-wolfgram.org /families/pafg22.htm   (1473 words)

  
 Wines of Germany | Destination Germany | Wine Regions: Rheinhessen
In fact, many of Germany's aromatic, early-ripening new crossings were bred in Rheinhessen by Professor Georg Scheu, after whom the Scheurebe grape is named (pronounced "shoy").
The region boasts the world's largest acreage planted with the ancient variety Silvaner and is the birthplace of Liebfraumilch, the soft, mellow white wine originally made from grapes grown in vineyards surrounding the Liebfrauenkirche, or Church of Our Lady, in Worms.
Rheinhessen wines are often characterized as being soft, fragrant, medium-bodied and mild in acidity — pleasant, easy-to-drink wines.
www.germanwineusa.org /destination_germany/regions_rheinhessen.php   (180 words)

  
 Jaccard-Wolfgram and Extended Families - pafg24 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Anna Christine Spindler was born on 4 Jan 1802 in Guntersblum, Rheinhessen, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany.
Georg Dexheimer was born in 1828 in Guntersblum, Rheinhessen, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany.
Katharina Loos [Parents] was born on 20 Jul 1832 in Guntersblum, Rheinhessen, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany.
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 Riesling Report Rheinhessen producers
Rheinhessen is a huge vineyard area in the "knee" of the Rhine, the triangular area formed by the river as it bends westward at Mainz.
The problem with Rheinhessen is that most of the wine, which accounts for 25 percent of Germany's total production, comes from vast fields of vines that produce inferior generic wine.
The best wine in Rheinhessen comes from a short stretch of vineyards on the river between Nackenheim and Nierstein, called the Roter Hang (red slope).
www.rieslingreport.com /producers/rheinhessen.html   (295 words)

  
 German Wines and Wine Regions
The climate is slightly less severe than Rheinhessen to the south, and is a natural magnet for abundant botrytis, allowing vintners to create the great late harvest Rieslings, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese, and Eiswein.
The great majority of Rheinhessen wines are made into Liebfraumilch, one of the best-known mass market wines that seems to come from everywhere and yet nowhere in particular.
Rheinhessen also produces lovely Rieslings from half a dozen well-known areas, especially Nackenheim and Nierstein, though the name of this latter area is often confused with the much larger and mediocre Nierstein Bereich, whose wines are made from lesser varietals.
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 Chapin Cellars - Rheinhessen   (Site not responding. Last check: )
(Rhine'-hess-en) Rheinhessen, or Hessia, is the largest wine region in Germany.
Rheinhessen producers produce generally exceptional, estate-bottled wines that can stand with the best in Germany.
Rheinhessen wines have a characteristic of softness balanced with fruity acidity, which is a function of the soil and the temperature climate in which they are grown..
www.chapincellars.com /regions/rheinhessen.asp   (134 words)

  
 Transplanted but not Uprooted - 19th-Century Immigrants from Hessen-Darmstadt in Wisconsin
Neukirch was undisputedly the catalyst for emigration from Rheinhessen to
Two-thirds of the Hessians, mostly from Rheinhessen, clustered in the townships of Germantown, Richfield, Polk, and Jackson.
Rheinhessen was a major center of German-Catholic activities, and congregations were soon found both in cities and in the countryside.
www.staff.uni-mainz.de /hschmahl/HessenWisconsin.htm   (5622 words)

  
 wines from the Rheinhessen
Rheinhessen wines are often characterized as being soft, fragrant, medium-bodied and mild in acidity pleasant, easy-to-drink wines.
In 2001 the region of Rheinhessen which has 26.296 ha under vine produced 2.401.967 hectolitres of grape must which gives a yield of 95,4 hectolitres per hectares this was split into 0,3 % table wine 43,9 % QbA wine and 55,8 QmP wines.
The region is ringed by protective hills and forests: in the west, the forested, hilly countryside known as Rheinhessen's Switzerland ; in the north, the Taunus Hills; in the east, the Oden Forest.
www.edenwines.co.uk /Rheinhessen.htm   (579 words)

  
 Startseite | Rheinhessen
Rheinhessen, das ist ein offenes Land, das sind herzliche Menschen, das ist eine faszinierende Weite, das ist der mächtige Rhein und die fruchtbaren Hügel, das ist viel Sonne und richtig fröhliche Farben.
Rheinhessen, das ist ein attraktiver Wirtschaftsplatz im Zentrum der Märkte, das ist ein begehrter Bildungsstandort mit viel Raum für Ideen, das ist ein feines Kulturerlebnis mit internationalen Stars und erfrischenden Eigengewächsen, das ist ein Land mit uralten Wurzeln und einer doch ganz jungen Geschichte.
Rheinhessen kann man fühlen und schmecken - mit jedem Wind der über die Hügel streift und jedem guten Wein, der hier zu Hause ist.
www.rheinhessen.de   (158 words)

  
 Nierstein - die RIESLING CITY
Rheinhessen with it's nearly thousand hills between Mainz, Alzey and Worms has a more than thousand-year-old tradition of wine-growing.
Rheinhessen is among the "hidden champions" of the German wine-growing areas: touristically seen not as popular an area as the Rheingau but a holiday region that is in some places known as the German Tuscanny.
Just to mention "dry": Of course, in Rheinhessen there are dry, medium dry and sweet wines, also wines from wooden casks with a fine bouquet of "barrique", top red wines like those from Ingelheim an top white wines like the excellent "Rieslings" from the Rote Hang in Nierstein.
www.nierstein.de /engl/start_e.htm   (1190 words)

  
 I Love German Wine and Food - A Rheinhessen Liebfraumilch
Rheinhessen is a relatively small area, sometimes called the land of the thousand hills, nestled between the Rhine and the Nahe Rivers.
Rheinhessen also produces the highest percentage of generally low quality table wine, almost 12%.
Before reviewing the Rheinhessen wine and imported cheeses that we were lucky enough to purchase at a local wine store and a local Italian food store, here are a few suggestions of what to eat with indigenous wines when touring this beautiful region.
www.buzzle.com /articles/love-german-wine-food-rheinhessen-liebfraumilch.html   (1063 words)

  
 FAQ-K: German-Rheinhessen
Today Rheinhessen is a district of Land Rheinland-Pfalz of the new Germany together with Rheinpfalz and the (formerly Prussian) districts of Koblenz, Trier and Montabaur.
After Napoleon's defeat, Rheinhessen was given to the Grandduchy of Hessen in 1815 and became known as Rheinhessen.
The provincial court for Rheinhessen was Landgericht Mainz with (11) Amtsgerichte: Alzey,Bingen,Mainz,Niederolm,Oberingelheim,Oppenheim,Osthofen, Pfeddersheim,Woellstein,Woerrstadt,Worms.
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 I Love German Wine and Food - A Rheinhessen Dornfelder
This article records the results of tasting a Dornfelder red wine from the southwestern region of Rheinhessen both on its own and with food.
Rheinhessen is responsible for more than one quarter of the German wine acreage and wine production.
More than 60% of Rheinhessen wine is middle quality QbA wine, and a bit more than 25% is higher quality QmP wine.
www.buzzle.com /articles/love-german-wine-food-rheinhessen-dornfelder.html   (1112 words)

  
 Flickr: Rheinhessen
Diese group beschäftigt sich mit Rheinhessen, insbesondere Landschaft, Architektur und Brauchtum.
Rheinhessen wird von Rhein und Nahe umschlossen und erstreckt sich über eine Fläche von rund 1.400 km² zwischen der rheinland-pfälzischen Landeshauptstadt Mainz und den Städten Alzey, Bingen und Worms.
Members can post 3 photos to the pool each day.
flickr.com /groups/85946351@N00   (115 words)

  
 19th-Century-Immigrants from Hessen-Darmstadt in Wisconsin
Situated on the left side of the Rhine, Rheinhessen was under French rule between 1797 and 1814 and was ceded to Hessen-Darmstadt in 1816.
Neukirch was undisputedly the catalyst for emigration from Rheinhessen to Wisconsin, however, he was not the only one to stimulate it.
Two more prominent Milwaukee brewers from Rheinhessen in the second half of the nineteenth century were Jakob Obermann, a shoemaker from Selzen, and Adam Gettelman, who was born in Germantown of parents from Nieder-Weinheim.
mki.wisc.edu /Resources/Online_Papers/proceedings/schmahl.html   (7962 words)

  
 Nick Dobson Wines Rheinhessen
The Rheinhessen is the area between the Rhine and the Nahe, to the southwest of Mainz, one of Germany's great cities and the historic birthplace of printing - the Gutenberg museum is here.
Rheinhessen is not classically pretty winegrowing country, and is the largest of the German wine regions.
The estate has vines in the world-renowned Rothenburg vineyard, where the proximity to the river Rhine, the red slate soils, and the steep slope provide a perfect microclimate for the Riesling grape.
www.nickdobsonwines.co.uk /acatalog/Rheinhessen.html   (425 words)

  
 Weingut Strub - Geschichte des Weingutes
When Walter Strub assumed proprietorship of the estate in 1985, he made the 11th generation of his family to produce fine Riesling wines of international repute from their vineyards around Nierstein.
After two apprenticeships in other estates in Baden and Rheinhessen, Walter went on to receive his degree in oenology from Germany's famous viticulturral institute in Geisenheim.
Sebastian (1987) and Johannes (1988) are already helping their father in the vineyards and Juliane (1992) enjoys when she is allowed to taste what great wine daddy makes.
www.strub-nierstein.de /enhistory.htm   (157 words)

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