Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany as a Wine Region
Other regions of Germany that are producing and exporting wine to the US are the Pfaltz and Nahe. The Pfaltz region, south of the Rheingau, is making both Riesling and Gewurztraminer. These white wines are generally of excellent value. The fruit character is a bit more zingy and the acidity less sharp than the Mosel & Rheingau wines. So while often not as complex, still very refreshing and usually affordable. The Nahe region is closer to the Mosel and, like the others, produces the best wines from the Riesling grape. Diverse soils here give the wines mineral flavors, but with a broader appeal. More landwein and tafelwein producers are creating Riesling in the dry, crisp style and exporting it to the US. These are often great values and deilcious for everyday drinking.
Germany as a Wine Country
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Shop our top rated wine from Germany White Wine Guru With some of the steepest and northernmost vineyards in the world, as well as the coolest climate, Germany produces some of the best white wines in the world, mainly Riesling. Delicate, age-worthy, intense and elegant are the typical descriptions for these wines. Note that “sweet” is not a common descriptor because the idea that most German wines are sweet is just not so. In fact, the majority of wines made in Germany are dry and more recently, the country is exporting value wines that are easy to drink, extremely food friendly and, luckily for some, containing labels that are easier to read!
The classification system of Germany is somewhat confusing. Like the rest of the old world, there's some hierarchy to it all. The categories are: Tafelwien (table wine), Landwein (land wine, similar to France's Vin de Pays) and the first “Q” level, QbA. QbA wines are easy-drinking and inexpensive – the only requirement being that the wine must come from one of Germany's thirteen official wine growing regions. The final level is QmP, which is the strictest level of German wines. The qualification consists of 6 levels, based on ripeness level at harvest, though that does not always translate into sweetness level.
Here are a few definitions to help in picking out a German QmP wine:
Kabinett
(cab-ee-NET) The driest level, Kabinett is usually light-bodied, low to medium in alcohol, and fairly dry. Great everyday wine and food-friendly.
Spatlese
(shpate-LAY-zuh) Grapes are picked a bit later than Kabinett (Spatlese means late harvest) and have a fuller, more intense body. Most wines of this level are dry although some are off-dry.
Auslese
(OWSE-lay-zuh) Wines of this level are made from select grapes harvested even later than Spatlese. The grapes are selected in bunches to make sure they are of the perfect ripeness level. One step up in both body and sweetness, Auslese wines are balanced but with a bit more sweetness – perfect with spicy Indian food.
Beerenauslese
(bare-ehn-owse-lay-zuh) The longer the words get, the higher up in sweetness level you rise. Like Auslese, the grapes are selected individually, but while Auslese is selected bunches, Beerenauslese are selected berries, and usually berries affected by botrytis, or noble rot, so you have an even more specific wine, which, in turn, increases both its sweetness level and its price.
Trockenbeerenauslese
(trok-ehn-bare-ehn-owse-lay-zuh) Okay, so Trocken means dry in German and yet this wine is the sweetest of the German levels. The "troken" comes into play as the berries picked for this wine are dried, intensifying the sugars. So the wine is made from late-harvest dried berries affected with botrytis - a combination that makes a decadent (and expensive!) bottle of wine. A treat if you are able to ever try one.
Wineries in Lay
| Winery |
|---|
| Bouchard Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Bouchard Finlayson Winery Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Bruichladdich Distillery Company Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Caol Ila Distillery Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Casa Lapostolle Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Château Gigault Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Château Haut Sociondo Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Château Les Grands Maréchaux Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Clay Station Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Bodega Colome Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Domaine des Forges Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Domaine Ogereau Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Gérard Tremblay Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Lagavulin Distillery Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Michael Schäfer Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Paul Janin et Fils Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Pierre-Bise Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| La Playa Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Viña La Playa Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Layer Cake Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Pure Love Wines Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Layla Vineyards Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Wattle Creek Winery Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Mia's Playground Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Clayhouse Wines Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Hells Canyon Vineyard Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Domaine des Baumard Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| château Dubraud Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| C.H. Berres Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Carl Loewen Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Glayva Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Laphroaig Distillery Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Ardbeg Distillery Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Bunnahabhain Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Compass Box Whisky Company Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Port Ellen Distillery Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Dom. du Landreau Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Marquis de Goulaine Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Dievole Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Glaymond Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Atalaya Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Clayton Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Bodegas Roda Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Domaines Ott Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| The Winery Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Meerlust Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Saintsbury Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Nicolas Potel Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Domaine Leflaive Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Michel Bouzereau Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Te Mata Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Château de Chantelys Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Brocard Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Ferme du Mont Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Cloudy Bay Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Louis Jadot Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Beringer Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Parri Estate Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Heartland Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Wolf Blass Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Rosemount Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Gabbiano Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Cono Sur Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Fetish Wines Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Peter Lehmann Wines Ltd Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Ravenswood Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Banrock Station Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Hardys Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Weingut Heymann-Löwenstein Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Hoffmann-Simon Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Anakena Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
| Noon Winery in Lay, Mosel-saar-ruwer, Germany |
Wines from Lay Region
| Wine | £ |
|---|---|
| 2006 Bourgogne Blanc Vézelay Chardonnay in ripe, fruity, minerally style from Auxerre's Vezelay region. A classic m.. | 10.00 |
| 2003 Rioja Crianza, Alto del Obre This wine is made for us by Bodega Muriel which is a relatively new cellar, founded in 198.. | 11.00 |
| 2006 Domaine des Forge, Coteaux du Layon The Coteaux du Layon: small, steeply-sloped valleys bordered by the Loire, and slightly le.. | 9.00 |
| 2005 L'Orangerie de Carignan,1er Cotes de Bordeaux Carignan's young vine 'second wine' is excellent, with full black fruit flavou.. | 10.00 |
| 2005 Château Perron, Lalande Soft, supple and succulent, with very ripe plummy fruit, a wine to reach for if you're.. | 14.00 |
| 2006 Domaine de Ricaud, Bordeaux Blanc Sec Bordeaux Sec par excellence: a full, dry, gently honeyed palate with refreshing citrus at .. | 7.00 |
| 2006 Rosé, Château Carignan Delicious rosé from Bordeaux's Premières Côtes with generous red f.. | 9.00 |
| 2007 Viognier, Woodthorpe, Te Mata Estate, Hawke's Bay Te Mata Estate s Woodthorpe vineyard produced New Zealand's first viognier in 1997 and.. | 12.00 |
| 2007 Chablis, Domaine de l'Harmonie, Fine Chablis, clean and citrusy with an undertow of minerality -delicious with Camembert o.. | 13.00 |
| 2005 St. Aubin 'Les Frionnes',Domaine Henri Prudhon A riposte to flashy New World styles, this straightforward, honest red Burgundy displays c.. | 15.00 |
| 2007 Bernkasteler Lay Riesling Kabinett, Dr Loosen In our 20 vintage association with winemaking dynamo Ernst Loosen, he's never faltered.. | 13.00 |
| 2007 Chablis, Domaine de l'Harmonie, J M Brocard Fine Chablis, clean and citrusy with an undertow of minerality -delicious with Camembert o.. | 7.00 |
| 2006 L'Orangerie de Carignan, 1er Cotes de Bordeaux Carignan's young vine 'second wine' is excellent, with full black fruit flavou.. | 6.00 |
| 2007 Malbec, Bodegas Gouguenheim, Mendoza Reach for this full-bodied, forthright, fruity red if you're cooking up something gril.. | 6.00 |
| Chateau L'Orangerie Magnum Gift, 1 Magnum Carignan's young vine 'second wine' is excellent, with full black fruit flavou.. | 30.00 |
| 2005 Chaume, Coteaux du Layon, Domaine des Forges One of the vinous delights of the Loire Valley. Like a grand Vouvray, this has quince, lim.. | 9.00 |
| 2003 Adnams Selection Claret 'Les Sources' Fronsac This wine is sourced from the historically steeped and fairy-tale in appearance Chateau La.. | 8.00 |
| 2007 Bourgogne Blanc Vézelay Chardonnay in ripe, fruity, minerally style from Auxerre's Vezelay region. A classic m.. | 10.00 |
| Château Margaux 1996 Margaux, 1er Cru Classé "The 1996 Chateau Margaux, which was bottled in September, 1998, is undoubtedly one o.. | 650.00 |
| Château Palmer 1983 Margaux, 3ème Cru Classé "One of the superb wines of the vintage, the 1983 Palmer continues to display... an i.. | 300.00 |
Hotels on map
| Hotel | £ |
|---|---|
| NH Luxembourg The NH Luxembourg Hotel is the perfect hotel for business and leisure travellers due to.. | 64.00 |
| Alvisse Parc Hotel Located at only 5 minutes from City-Center, Airport, Kirchberg with the European Instit.. | 83.00 |
| Hampshire Hotel - Nitteler Hof On the borders of the Mosel river. Fully renovated (2005) old wine house Restaurant wit.. | 65.00 |
| Hotel Landgasthof Simon Whether you are in want of a short stop-over or a stretching long vacation, you are sur.. | 46.00 |
| Moulin de Consdorf Marvelesly situated in Luxemburg petit Suisse, the Moulin de Consdorf is a beauty in it.. | 60.00 |
| Landhotel Niederthäler Hof Located is the most idyllic part of the Naheland area you are surrounded by numerous ca.. | 111.00 |
| Domina Hotel and Conference Park The Domina Hotel and Conference Park is an elegant building dating from 1913. It is sit.. | 60.00 |
| Hôtel Oranienburg The Oranienburg Hotel and its restaurant Le Chtelain are situated at the foot of the ma.. | 48.00 |
| Hotel Nicolay zur Post The Hotel Nicolay zur Post enjoys an idyllic, peaceful location in one of Germanys most.. | 46.00 |
| AKZENT Waldhotel Rheingau The hotel enjoys a peaceful location, only a few kilometers from the romantic rhine val.. | 81.00 |
| Gasthaus Pension Zur Post Alterkuelz: 22km from the Airport FrankfurtHahn: Here we have a small family-run guesth.. | 37.00 |
| Hotel Badepark Vulkamar The Familotel Badepark Vulkamar awaits you with a unique range of activities and servic.. | 106.00 |
