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Rheinpfalz
Bordered by Rheinhessen on the north and France on the south and west, the Rheinpfalz extends some 80 km in north-southern direction along the eastern foothills of the Haardt on 6 - 10 km width. Between Bockenheim in the North and Schweigen in the South. It is Germany 's second largest wine region in acreage, but often has the largest crop of all. The word Pfalz is a derivation of the Latin word palatium, meaning palace. The English equivalent, Palatinate , is sometimes used to refer to the Pfalz. Modern technology and viticultural training have made their mark here in the past four decades. Yet for the visitor driving through the sea of vines along the German Wine Road , the scene is still pastoral with the tree-covered Haardt mountain range, castle ruins, fruit trees, and old walled villages of half-timbered houses. The Pfalz is second only to the Mosel in acreage planted with the noble Riesling grape. Here, it yields wines of substance and finesse, with a less austere acidity than their Mosel counterparts. Pleasant, mild white wines rich in bouquet and full of body are produced from Müller-Thurgau, Kerner, Silvaner and Scheurebe grapes, while smooth, fruity red wine is made from the Portugieser grape. There are many new plantings of Dornfelder, which produces a deep-coloured wine that can be quite complex, depending on the winemaking methods used.
In 2001 the region of Pfalz which has 23.357 ha under vine produced 2.272.051 hectolitres of grape must which gives a yield of 102,1 hectolitres per hectares this was split into 0,7% table wine 50,5 % QbA wine and 48,8 QmP wines.

Geographical location:
Between the densely forested Haardt Mountains (an extension of the Vosges ) and the Rhine plain, extending from south of Worms all the way to the French border. Major town(s): Bad Dürkheim, Neustadt, Landau.

Climate:
Exceptionally warm and sunny. Rain clouds are diverted through the Haardt and the Donnersberg in the West or they already lost the rain when they reach the Lower Palatinate . Due to the almost Mediterranean climate also almonds, chestnuts and figs develop in the Lower Palatinate . Very rarely damages through late or winter frosts.


Geology:
Loam is prevalent, often in a mixture with other soil types, such as loess, chalk, clay, coloured sandstone or sand
Easy to warm up and dry soils of new red sandstone, loess in the northern area and around Landau. In direction Rhineland sandy soils and alluvial land. Around Bad Dürkheim and Deidesheim skeleton-rich alluvial gravel.

Vineyard area 23.357 ha · 2 districts · 25 collective vineyard sites · 300+ individual sites
  • Southern Weinstraße (wine road), between Neustadt and Schweigen. The stronghold of fresh and light wines. Consumed in 0.5 l glasses, they are in summer clearly preferred compared to beer.
  • Mittelhaardt/Deutsche Weinstraße ( German Wine Road ), on the light gravelly to loess soils between Neuenstadt and Bockenheim develop full-bodied Sylvaner and elegant Riesling wines that don't need to fear comparison with the Mosel Rieslings
Albersweiler
Albisheim
Altdorf
Arzheim
Asselheim
Bad Bergzabern
Bad Dürkheim
Barbelroth
Battenberg
Bellheim
Billigheim-Ingenheim
Birkweiler
Bissersheim
Bobenheim
Bockenheim
Bolanden
Bornheim
Böbingen
Böchingen
Bubenheim
Burrweiler
Dackenheim
Dammheim
Deidesheim
Diedesfeld
Dierbach
Dirmstein
Dörrenbach
Duttweiler
Edenkoben
Edesheim
Einselthum
Ellerstadt
Erpolzheim
Eschbach
Essingen
Flemlingen
Forst
Frankweiler
Freckenfeld
Freimersheim
Freinsheim
Friedelsheim
Gauersheim
Geinsheim
Gerolsheim
Gimmeldingen

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GROSSLAGEN Feuerberg

Bobenheim am Berg (village)

Ohligpfad 48.2 ha

Kieselberg 49 ha

Weisenheim am Berg (village)

Vogelsang 102.9 ha

Kallstadt (village)

Annaberg 5.3 ha (south facing with yellow sandstone)

Kreidkeller 23 ha

Leistadt (village)

Herrenmorgen

Bad Dürkheim (village)

Steinberg 55.8 ha

Nonnengarten 299 ha

Ellerstadt (village)

Sonnenberg 85 ha

Dickkopp 22.4 ha

Bubeneck 50.5 ha

Gönnheim (village)

Martinshöhe 57.1 ha

GROSSLAGEN Grafenstück

Bockenheim an der Weinstrasse (village)

Schloßberg 18 ha

Vogelsang 16 ha

Hassmannsberg 9.5 ha

Burggarten 3.7 ha

Klosterschaffnere 4.7 ha

Sonnenberg 145 ha

Goldgrube 11 ha

Heiligenkirche 25 ha

Kindenheim (village)

Vogelsang 56.4 ha

Sonnenberg 46.5 ha

Katzenstein 20 ha

Burweg 23.7 ha

Mühlheim (village)

Orsteil von Obrigheim

Sonnenberg 80 ha

Hochgericht 37 ha

Albsheim (village)

Benn

Obrigheim (village)

Benn 20 ha

Rosengarten 27.2 ha

Mandelpfad 22 ha

Obrigheim Orsteil Colgenstein (village)

Schloß 28 ha

GROSSLAGEN Hochmess

Ungstein (village)

Michelsberg 3.3ha

Bad Dürkheim


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Bad Dürkheim (village)

Michelsberg 5 ha Grosser Gewăchs( limestone soil and good exposure)

Spielberg 16 ha ( limestone soil and good exposure)

Rittergarten 15.75 ha

Hochbenn 52.3 ha

GROSSLAGEN Hofstück

Ellerstadt (village)

Kirschenstück 21.5 ha

Gönnheim (village)

Sonnenberg 85 ha

Mandelgarten 36.1 ha

Klostergarten 28.1 ha

Friedelsheim (village)

Rosengarten 33.5 ha

Gerümpel 57.3 ha

Hochdorf-Assenheim (village)

Fuchsloch 60.4 ha

Rödersheim-Gronau (village)

Fuchsloch 60.4

Niederkirchen (village)

Osterbrunnen 43.7 ha

Klostergarten 76.6 ha

Schloßberg 84.8 ha

Deidesheim (village)

Nonnenstück 159.88 ha

Ruppertsberg (village)

Linsenbusch 221.7 ha

Hoheburg 21.7 ha

Gaisböhl 7.6 ha (red and yellow sandstone in this south facing slope)

Reiterpfad 87.3 ha ( some chlky soil with some loam and sandstone)

Spieß 6 ha

Nußbien 75.2 ha

Meckenheim (village)

Spielburg 35.7 ha

Neuberg 207.8 ha

GROSSLAGEN Höllenpfad

Mertesheim (village)

St Martins-Kreuz 5.7 ha

Grünstadt (village)

Bergel 11.7 ha

Röth 36.9 ha

Schloß

Asselheim (village)

Goldberg 59.2 ha

St Stephan 76.5 ha

Schloß 17 ha

Sausenheim (village)

Hütt 36.5 ha

Honigsack 61.3 ha

Klostergarten 54.3 ha

Neuleinigen (village)

Feuermännchen 24.2 ha

Sonnenberg 30 ha

Schloßberg 10.7 ha

Kleinkarlbach (village)

Herrgottsacker 7.6 ha

Herrenberg 23.1 ha

Senn 25.5 ha

Frauenländchen 92.8 ha

Kieselberg 36.8 ha

Battenberg (village)

Schloßberg 19.6 ha

GROSSLAGEN Honigsäckel

Ungstein (village)

Weilberg 33.4 ha Grosser Gewăchs (Reddish clay and loam)

Herrenberg 33.4 ha (Sand limestone and loam)

Nußriegel 76.3 ha

GROSSLAGEN Kobnert

Dackenheim (village)

Mandelröth 56.1 ha

Kapellgarten 3 ha

Liebesbrunnen 79.7 ha

Weisenheim am Berg (village)

Mandelgarten 103.6 ha

Sonnenberg 70 ha

Herxheim am Berg (village)

Kirchenstück 51 ha

Himmelreich 26 ha

Honigsack 151.8 ha

Freinsheim (village)

Musikantenbuckel 190.5 ha ( very big vineyard with sandy soil and gravel)

Oschelskopf 85.6 ha

Schwarzes Kreuz 82 ha

Erpolzheim (village)

Kirschgarten 90 ha

Ungstein (village)

Osterberg 80 ha ( Some Chardonnay and Gewurstraminer planted in this vineyard)

Bettelhaus 72.6 ha

Kallstadt (village)

Kronenberg 62.4 ha ( Light gravelly soil)

Steinacker 159.8 ha

Saumagen 50 ha ( sandstone and loam ,the vineyard has a reputation of being a suntrap)

Leistadt (village)

Kalkofen 36.7 ha

Kirschenstück 16.6 ha

Herzfeld 14 ha

GROSSLAGEN Mariengarten

Wachenheim an der Weinstrasse (village) Bohlig 5.3 ha (mostly on the flat)

Belz 1 ha

Rechbächel 3.1 ha Grosser Gewăchs (red and yellow sandstone)

Goldbächel 4.3 ha

Gerümpel 12.8 ha Grosser Gewăchs

Altenburg 8 ha

Gleisweiler
Gleiszellen-Gleishorbach
Godramstein
Göcklingen
Gönnheim
Großkarlbach
Groß- und Kleinfischlingen
Großniedesheim
Grünstadt
Haardt
Hainfeld
Hambach
Harxheim
Hergersweiler
Herxheim am Berg
Herxheim bei Landau
Herxheimweyher
Heßheim
Heuchelheim
Heuchelheim-Klingen
Hochdorf-Assenheim
Hochstadt
Ilbesheim
Immesheim
Impflingen
Insheim
Kallstadt
Kandel
Kapellen-Drusweiler
Kapsweyer
Kerzenheim
Kindenheim
Kirchheim
Kirchheimbolanden
Kirrweiler
Kleinkarlbach
Kleinniedesheim
Klingenmünster
Knöringen
Königsbach
Lambsheim
Landau in der Pfalz
Laumersheim
Leinsweiler
Leistadt
Lustadt
Maikammer
Meckenheim
Mertesheim
Minfeld
Morschheim
Mörzheim
Mußbach
Neuleiningen
Neustadt
Niederhorbach
Niederkirchen
Niederotterbach
Niefernheim
Nußdorf
Oberhausen
Oberotterbach
Obersülzen
Obrigheim
Pleisweiler-Oberhofen
Ottersheim bei Landau
Ottersheim/Zellertal
Ranschbach
Rhodt unter Rietburg
Rittersheim
Rohrbach
Roschbach
Rödersheim-Gronau
Römerberg
Ruppertsberg
Rüssingen
Sankt Martin
Sausenheim
Schwegenheim
Schweigen-otterbach
Schweighofen
Siebeldingen
Lachen-Speyerdorf
Stetten
Steinweiler
Steinfeld
Ungstein
Venningen
Vollmersweiler
Wachenheim
Walsheim
Weingarten
Weisenheim am Berg
Weisenheim am Sand
Winden
Weyher in der Pfalz
Wollmesheim
Zeiskam
Zell
Zellertal
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