Moselle wine-growing region: unmistakable

For a long time, the Moselle was considered by many Germans and Dutch people to be the ideal holiday region for caravanners. Many towns along the river had made their best sites available for campsites directly on the banks and wine tourism was very popular in the towns. Wine festivals, simple and cheap food and often cheap sweet wine characterised the image of the region. Riesling on the steep slopes was increasingly replaced by Müller-Thurgau, Kerner and other varieties in the flatter, easier-to-grow hinterland. The whole area was in danger of withering away.

Today there are still campsites and in some places wine bliss, but the image of the Moselle has been straightened out in many people's minds. A lot has also happened in the region itself. This is reflected in the gastronomy, which is now much more diverse and ranges from the wine bar "Die Mosel" to the 3-star hotel "Schanz" or a little further inland to the Waldhotel Sonora.

Buy wines from the wine region Mosel

Filter & Sort
Wine style
Grape variety
Country
Winery
Vintage
Bottle size
Rating
Special features
Show results
Winery Van Volxem Saar Riesling trocken 2020
Winery Van Volxem Saar Riesling trocken 2020
Mosel, Germany
13.50 €
0.75 l,  18.00 €/l
in stock
Winery Fritz Haag Riesling dry QbA 2019
94 Parker
Winery Fritz Haag Riesling dry QbA 2019
Mosel, Germany
14.90 €
0.75 l,  19.87 €/l
in stock
Winery Fritz Haag Brauneberg J Riesling 2021
92 Parker
Winery Fritz Haag Brauneberg J Riesling 2021
Mosel, Germany
17.90 €
0.75 l,  23.87 €/l
in stock
Winery Loersch JUBILUM Kabinett No. 1 2024
Exclusive with us
Winery Loersch JUBILUM Kabinett No. 1 2024
Mosel, Germany
18.00 €
0.75 l,  24.00 €/l
in stock
Winery Nik Weis Goldtröpfchen Riesling Kabinett 2019
Winery Nik Weis Goldtröpfchen Riesling Kabinett 2019
Mosel, Germany
20.90 €
0.75 l,  27.87 €/l
in stock
Maximin Grünhaus Abtsberg Riesling Kabinett 2019
95 Parker
Maximin Grünhaus Abtsberg Riesling Kabinett 2019
Mosel, Germany
22.90 €
0.75 l,  30.53 €/l
in stock
Winery Forstmeister Geltz Zilliken Saarburger Rausch Riesling Kabinett 2019
95 Suckling
93 Falstaff
92+ Parker
Winery Forstmeister Geltz Zilliken Saarburger Rausch Riesling Kabinett 2019
Mosel, Germany
24.00 €
0.75 l,  32.00 €/l
in stock
Winery von Othegraven Bockstein Alte Reben Kellermeister Edition Riesling 2021
94 Falstaff
Exclusive with us
Winery von Othegraven Bockstein Alte Reben Kellermeister Edition Riesling 2021
Mosel, Germany
24.90 €
0.75 l,  33.20 €/l
in stock
Nik Weis St. Urbans-Hof Ockfener Bockstein Spätlese VDP.Große Lage 2022
Nik Weis St. Urbans-Hof Ockfener Bockstein Spätlese VDP.Große Lage 2022
Mosel, Germany
27.80 €
0.75 l,  37.07 €/l
in stock
Winery Kees-Kieren Erdener Treppchen Riesling Kabinett 2019
Winery Kees-Kieren Erdener Treppchen Riesling Kabinett 2019
Mosel, Germany
28.90 €
0.75 l,  38.53 €/l
in stock
Winery Bastgen Kestener Paulinshofberg GG Riesling 2019
BIO
Winery Bastgen Kestener Paulinshofberg GG Riesling 2019
Mosel, Germany
29.90 €
0.75 l,  39.87 €/l
in stock
Winery Schloss Lieser Niederberger Helden Riesling Auslese 2016
Winery Schloss Lieser Niederberger Helden Riesling Auslese 2016
Mosel, Germany
39.00 €
0.75 l,  52.00 €/l
in stock
Load more

Above all, however, the Moselle, Saar and Ruwer are home to ambitious wineries that produce great classics as well as young, wild naturals. The basis for the success on the three rivers - apart from the Upper Moselle with its limestone-rich soils - is primarily based on the interplay of steep slopes with perfect sunlight, the omnipresent slate and the Riesling, which transforms this terroir into wine.

Omnipresent Riesling

Riesling makes the Moselle a white wine region. 91 per cent of the cultivated area between the southern Moselle gate near Perl and the mouth of the Rhine near Koblenz is planted with white grape varieties, over 60 per cent of which is Riesling. This makes the appellation the second largest Riesling wine-growing region in the world after the Palatinate. But unlike in the Palatinate, where the vineyards tend to rise gently or nestle somewhat more steeply against the Mittelhaardt, the Moselle is also the largest steep-slope region in the world, characterised by red, blue or green Devonian slate. However, slate is also a soil on which Pinot Noir develops a special class. It has only been allowed to be cultivated on the Moselle since 1987 and now produces some excellent quality wines. In fact, Pinot Noir should have a rosy future on the Moselle. The Maximin Grünhaus winery is also focussing on this grape variety and is presenting a VDP. Großes Gewächs made from Pinot Noir.

Maximin Grünhaus Winery

The Maximin Grünhaus winery is located near Trier, where the Ruwer flows into the Moselle. Wine has been cultivated here since Roman times. The estate has been in the hands of the von Schubert family for several generations, and today Maximin von Schubert is at the helm.

Traditionally, almost exclusively Riesling is produced. The switch to more elaborate, organically orientated production took place many years ago.

Not all Moselle wines are the same

Speaking of Maximin Grünhaus ... Of course, not all Mosel wines are the same ... The Moselle wine-growing region stretches from the Luxembourg border to the mouth of the Rhine near Koblenz, covering four zones on the Moselle and two on the Saar and Ruwer tributaries. The smallest area is the Moselle gate at the Dreiländreck. The Upper Moselle zone comprises the upper part of the German Moselle, as the river has already travelled 278 kilometres into France, where winegrowing is also practised. At the border triangle, the river leaves France and is initially a border river between Luxembourg and Germany for 36 kilometres until the Saar flows into the Moselle and the soil structure changes completely. The Upper Moselle is the last spur of the Paris Basin with 670 hectares of shell limestone, Keuper and marl soils, on which Burgundy and Elbling varieties in particular thrive.

Slate dominates from Konz onwards. The Saar area covers 720 hectares and 22 individual vineyards. These include the world-famous Scharzhofberg vineyard. The Middle Moselle begins after the city of Trier, but is immediately interrupted by the mouth of the Ruwer. Here there are 200 hectares, almost exclusively steep slopes with some of the oldest, pre-Roman vineyards.

The heart beats on the Middle Moselle

From Schweich to just before Zell, famous village, vineyard and winery names follow one another. These include Würzig, Wehlen, Zeltingen, Erden or Zeltinger with vineyards such as the Ürziger Würzgarten, the Wehlener Sonnenuhr, the Erdener Treppchen or the Berncasteler Doctor. From Zell onwards, it becomes even steeper and the Moselle meanders even more narrowly through the valley. Anyone who has climbed down one of the vineyards here will have an idea of what the Moselle winegrowers do every day. The Bremmer Calmont has a slope inclination of up to 68 degrees - that's an incredible 248 per cent. The Riesling here is grown on tiny terraces that have been wrested from the mountain. This work is only worthwhile if the winegrowers are well paid for their wines, as the labour required is around four to five times higher than in Rheinhessen or the Palatinate. Especially if, like Clemens Busch, you are one of the organic pioneers and the vineyards cannot be sprayed from a helicopter.

But what the top winegrowers in our portfolio produce on the Moselle, Saar and Ruwer is worth every effort: the Rieslings, whether Kabinett, Spätlese, Auslese or Großes Gewächs, are pure and clear, with slate-driven acidity and minerality, light and yet highly complex. Above all, however, they are unmistakable.

Yout cart is empty.
Added to shopping cart
Subtotal
Go to shopping cart

Prices incl. VAT plus shipping costs.