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30 Minden
Rheine
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31 54 Bielefeld
Münster The Rheingau, where
Coesfeld the “Rhine” wines are
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43 Wiedenbrück made, is well known for
3 1 its Rieslings, particularly
NORTH RHINE- 2 64 Paderborn the Johannisberger
WESTPHALIA Hamm Riesling. A famous
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vineyard is Prinz
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Dortmund 44 von Hessen.
Duisburg 7
Essen 445 7
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Hagen Meschede Kassel The fountain of the “Wine Witch” in the small
Düsseldorf 46 55 town of Winningen, in the Mosel region
Wuppertal
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Rhein
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Cologne
4 3 Bad
4 Siegen 62 Hersfeld
Aachen Hennef
Bonn 45 Marburg
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Wetzlar HESSE
Fulda
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Koblenz
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Frankfurt 66
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Wiesbaden am Main
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M osel 327 61 Rhein Mainz Wine Regions
Wittlich
63 49 Two well-known wine
Bad Kreuznach regions are the Mosel and
Trier 41 Darmstadt the Rheingau. Exceptional
RHINELAND- 5 Rieslings are produced here
PALATINATE & Worms as well as smaller amounts Wine cellars in the former Cistercian monastery at
SAARLAND of other wines. The Rheingau Eberbach in the Rheingau region
Ludwigshafen produces a full-bodied red
6 wine in addition to the 70
Saarbrücken Speyer dominant Rieslings. 0 kilometres
10 Rheinhessen produces not 0 miles 70
Landau only several types of white
and red wines, but also a
rosé, as does the Palatinate.
Key
Mosel
Rheinhessen
Mittelrhein
Pfalz
Liebfrauenmilch has been produced Nahe
in the Rheinhessen region for over Rheingau
40 years. Originally designed for export,
it is a sweetish, medium-class of wine, a Ahr
blend of several grape varieties. Hessische Bergstraße
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