The Wine lexicon from wein.plus is the world's largest online knowledge database on the subject of wine. It consists of over 26,500 keywords (terms). It contains descriptions of over 3,200 grape varieties, over 2,000 wineries, well over 10,000 different vineyard, wine and vinification terms, around 100 wine-growing countries with their wine-growing history, wine-growing regions, grape varieties, wineries and wines, over 600 biographies of famous wine-growing personalities as well as all important wine law issues. Since 1999, when it contained around 800 keywords, it has grown around 30-fold. The Lexicon is a "living" work, as suggestions from users and important news from wine community are constantly being taken into account.
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Using the encyclopaedia is not only time-saving, but also extremely convenient. What's more, the information is always up to date.
Markus J. Eser
Weinakademiker und Herausgeber „Der Weinkalender“