Famous wine-growing area between Nackenheim and Nierstein in the German wine-growing region of Rheinhessen. In this five-kilometre-long, barely 200-metre-wide area, there are ten single vine yards, some of outstanding quality, due to the special soil type. See in detail under Rhine Front..
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The glossary is a monumental achievement and one of the most important contributions to wine knowledge. Of all the encyclopaedias I use on the subject of wine, it is by far the most important. That was the case ten years ago and it hasn't changed since.
Andreas Essl
Autor, Modena