single vineyard in the municipality of Westhofen (Wonnegau area) in the German wine-growing region of Rheinhessen. It was mentioned as early as 1282 in a deed of donation to the Cistercian monastery of Otterberg in the Palatinate as "Marstene". The name is not derived from "Moor" but from "Marstein", which probably refers to a marker...
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