Wine regions of Germany: Palatinate
The Palatinate is West Germany’s smallest state, but it’s one of the most important.
The Palatinate is West Germany’s smallest state, but it’s one of the most important. Rheinland-Pfalz (as it is officially called) has a multitude of appellations and vineyards. In fact, it has the most area planted in all of Germany with over 19,000 acres under vine.
Most of those vineyards are in the northern half of the state near France and Luxembourg, where a number of winegrowing regions are located along rivers like the Nahe and Ahr. The southern half consists mostly of forests and hills, which… Read more