German wine

dessert wine produced from grapes that have been frozen while still on the vine, allowing for a more concentrated grape juice to develop, resulting in a smaller amount of more concentrated, very sweet wine

overview of the viticulture in Germany

thumb|150px|Federweißer from Baden

German beverage that uses aromatized wine as a base

thumb|Liebfrauenkirche in Worms with surrounding grapevines right|thumb|Müller-Thurgau is often used in the production of Liebfraumilch. Liebfraumilch or Liebfrauenmilch (, German for 'Our Lady's Milk', in reference to the Virgin Mary) is a style of semi-sweet white German wine which may be produced, mostly for export, in the regions Rheinhessen, Palatinate, Rheingau, and Nahe. The original German spelling of the word is , given to the wine produced from the vineyards of the Liebfrauenkirche or "Church of Our Lady" in the Rhineland-Palatinate city of Worms since the eighteenth century. The spe

varietal

hydrometer scale measuring the density of grape must

thumb|An Austrian Beerenauslese from Alois Kracher|Kracher. Beerenauslese (, ) is a German language wine term for a late harvest wine with noble rot. Beerenauslese is a category in the Prädikatswein category of the Austrian and German wine classifications, and is a category above Auslese. Beerenauslese wines, often called "BA" for short, are usually made from grapes affected by noble rot, that is "botrytized" grapes.

thumb|upright|Botrytized grape cluster Trockenbeerenauslese (, ), or TBA, is a German or Austrian botrytized wine made entirely from the individually selected grapes fully "dried" from Botrytis cinerea ("noble rot"), hence the name. Trockenbeerenauslese is a very sweet wine, highest among the wines of the QmP ("quality wine with distinction") category that includes also Auslese and Beerenauslese.

aspect of German economy

variety of grape

general term for white wine from Rhine region

right|thumb|A Spätlese level wine from the Mosel

quality-tested wine in Germany

voluntary association

thumb|Two bottles of German Riesling Auslese from the same Rheingau producer, one with a gold capsule (Goldkapsel) to denote extra ripeness

thumb|A riesling kabinett from Mosel The word kabinett (, literal meaning: cabinet), or sometimes kabinettwein (, literal meaning: a wine set aside in a cabinet), is a German language wine term for a wine made from fully ripened grapes of the main harvest, typically picked in September, and are usually made in a light style. In the German wine classification system, kabinett is the lowest level of prädikatswein, lower in ripeness than spätlese.

German Wine Queen 2009/2010

German wine brand

white German grape variety

Representative of the German wine industry