Term used in Germany and Austria for geographically defined wine-growing areas for the purpose of determining the origin of a wine. These are usually (especially in Germany) very large wine-growing areas that can cover several hundred to over a thousand hectares.
After the growing region and the area, the third largest wine-growing unit, which (usually) consists of several individual vineyards. The areas usually consist of several large vineyards. A total of 164 large vineyard sites are registered in Germany, the average size is 600 hectares, the largest cover up to 1,800 hectares of vineyards. This designation was created by the 1971 Wine Act in order to give larger producers the opportunity to market their wines produced in large quantities under a standardised name.
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