Mosel
The area of Mosel is the part of the region which goes along the course of the homonym river up to the neighboring of the city of Koblenz.
Mosel-Saar-Ruwer is a German wine-growing region in the valleys of the rivers Mosel, Saar, and Ruwer near Koblenz and Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is famous for its wines of Riesling, Elbling and Müller-Thurgau grapes.
The Mosel flows for 150 miles, although thanks to its meandering course it covers barely 70 miles, as the crow flies, in doing so. With each twist and turn it fashions new, vertiginous slopes from the rocky riverside.
Mosel Producers to Try: Schmitges, Markus Molitor, J.J. Prum, Dr. Loosen, S.A. Prum, Werner, Ratzenberger (Mittelrhein), Fritz Haag, Selbach-Oster and Heymann-Lowenstein
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Mosel-Saar-Ruwer. German area best known for flowery Rieslings.
Muscat. Honey-like grape grown all over the world to make slightly sweet to very sweet wines.
Nebbiolo. Great grape of Barolo and Barbaresco in the Piedmont region of Italy.
Mosel River
main wine highway or artery through Germany
Morgon
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MOSEL
The scenic river valley in Germany, a tributary of the Rhine and the source of some of the best German white wines produced from Riesling grapes.
Moselle: Same as Mosel, but now we're reading in French instead of German.
Muscatel: Wine made from Muscat grapes, usually sweet and usually high in alcohol.
Mosel, Moselle - (Mo-ZELL)
Beautiful German river valley, tributary of the Rhine, source of some of the nation's best white wines made from Riesling grapes. Also in Luxembourg, where a small amount of wine is produced.
A tributary of the Moselle River, and part of the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer region. The region is so cold that the Riesling grape only gets ripe enough to make fine wines a few years out of a decade.
AnbaugebietThe thirteen German growing regions, namely Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, Rheingau, Rheinhessen, Nahe, Pfalz, Mittelrhein, Ahr, Baden, Franken, Hessische Bergstrasse, Württemberg, Saale-Unstrut and Sachsen.
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g: Rheingau, Rheinhessen, Mosel, Nahe regions etc.) - in Germany and also in other cool temperate regions of Europe. It is also grown in N.
Riesling is best known for producing the wines of Germany 's Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, Pfalz, Rheinhessen and Rheingau wines, but it also achieves brilliance in Alsace and Austria .
The late-ripening Riesling's heartland is the steep Mosel and Rheingau valleys of Germany, where it produces wines rich in crisp, lime and appley flavours and honeyed richness.
A white-wine variety widely grown along the Rhine river and tributaries, including Rheingau, Rheinhessen, Mosel, Nahe regions of Germany.
Also known as, Weisser Riesling, Rossling, Riesler, Rieslinger, Rheinriesling, Moselriesling, Rheingauer, Johannisberger, Hochheimer, Niederlander, Klingelberger, Grafenberger, Kastellberger, Kleinriesling, Gewurztraube, Pfefferl, Riesling Blanc, ...
The best German vineyards with these conditions on the Mosel River produce wines that are unique in their low alcohol, powerful aroma, and high extract. This grape also is very successful in Alsace, France.
Although it reaches it apogee in Germany’s great Mosel and Rhine River valleys (the northermost major growing regions in Europe), where it produces an array of wines ranging from bone dry to decadently sweet (a result of botrytis cinerea, ...
AUBIN: (No information on this grape other than it was grown in the Moselle river area of France).
AUBUN: Lesser grape grown in the Southern Rhone region of France where it is used to make a red wine subsequently used in blends throughout the region.
It is morphologically similar to the Greek white and a probable relationship with the White Albaranzeuli Elbling of Sardinia and the Moselle.
The odour of stale beer from a white wine that is over the hill -- usually in old Moselles.
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Full of body and flavour, high degree of alcohol, colour, and acidity.
Champagne / Muscadet sur Lies / Dry Vouvray / White Burgundy and any Chardonnay / German Moselle
Gravettes d'Arcachon à la Bordelaise
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Cellars of the Vinothek in Bernkastel-Kues in the Mosel wine region of Germany ...
Flowery: a nebulous term referring to an indeterminate fragrance akin to flowers in general. Mosel wines are flowery, as are some Chenin blancs, Seyval bIancs, and Aurores.
Not quite desirable in a late harvest Moselle Riesling, but appropriate in a classic Sauternes. Fatness/oiliness is determined by the naturally occurring glycerol - (a.k.a glycerin) - content in the wine.
to have originated near Tramin in Northern Italy and been common in the Alto Adige region in medieval times, but is usually associated with the Baden region of Germany from where plantings spread through Southern Germany along the Rhine and Moselle ...
 See also: Wine, Grape, Sweet, Region, Riesling
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