Germany - Anbaugebiete

In Germany there are two Quality Wine levels

• Qualitatswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete (QbA)
• Pradikatswein (formerly Qualitatswein mit Pradikat (QmP))

Both wines must be made in an Anbaugebeite, an Anbaugebeite is what's called a region in English.

There are 13 Quality Anbaugebeite (regions) in Germany. For a wine to be a QbA it must come from one of the 13 Anbaugebeite, blending from another Anbaugebeite (region) is forbidden.

Pradikatswein wines must come from one of the 13 Anbaugebeite (regions), but also this is a higher quality so must come from a single Bereich ( a district inside an Anbaugebeite (region))

Anbaugebeite

1. Mosel
2. Nahe
3. Rheingau
4. Rheinhessen
5. Pfalz
6. Baden
7. Ahr
8. Franken
9. Hessische Bergstrasse
10. Mittelrhein
11. Saale-Unstrut
12. Sachsen
13. Wurttemberg

Glossary

Anbaugebeite

              Designated Quality wine region

Bereich

             A district inside an Anbaugebeite (made up of several communes)

Pradikatswein

             Quality wine made in a Beriech

German wine is not an easy subject to come to terms with straight away, hope these few facts can get you on the way to maybe looking into German wines more.

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