Luxembourg (officially the "Grand Duchy of Luxembourg") is a landlocked country at the junction of Belgium, Germany and France. It is a small country compared to its neighbours, stretching 80 km from North to South and 50 km from west to east, covering just over 2,500 square kilometres. Only 1% of this area is devoted to wine growing.
Located in the north of Western Europe, it is one of the coolest wine regions in the world.
In the north of the country, the Ardennes hills and forests dominate the topography. Forest accounts for a third of the country's land and the north is sparsely populated.
The vast majority of Luxembourg's 620,000 inhabitants live in the southern half of the country.
Wine production in Luxembourg has been in Slight decline since the late 1990s, with annual production currently at around 80,000 hectoliters (8 million liters or 2.
1 million U. S. gallons).
Viticulture is centered in the southeastern Part of Luxembourg, where the Mosel River (known as the Moselle) forms the national border with Germany.
White Riesling is a grape variety that originated in France (Alsace). It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Riesling can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.
white wines from the region of Luxembourg go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of chicken ballotine with ham and mushrooms, pasta gratin or cream and tuna quiche.
On the nose in the region of Luxembourg often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit. In the mouth in the region of Luxembourg is a powerful with a nice freshness.
