The Winery Dirk Wendel of Rheinhessen

Winery Dirk Wendel - Cabernet Dorsa
The winery offers 26 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 1709 of the estates of Rheinhessen.
It is located in Rheinhessen

The Winery Dirk Wendel is one of the best wineries to follow in Rheinhessen.. It offers 26 wines for sale in of Rheinhessen to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Dirk Wendel wines

Looking for the best Winery Dirk Wendel wines in Rheinhessen among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Dirk Wendel wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Dirk Wendel wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Dirk Wendel

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Dirk Wendel

How Winery Dirk Wendel wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Dirk Wendel.

  • Cabernet Dorsa
  • Acolon
  • Cabernet Cubin

Discovering the wine region of Rheinhessen

Rheinhessen is Germany's largest region for producing the quality wines of the Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete (QbA) and Prädikatswein designations, with roughly 26,500 hectares (65,000 acres) of Vineyard">Vineyards as of 2014. Many of its most significant viticultural areas are favorably influenced by the Rhine river, which runs aLong its North and eastern borders. The Rhine, along with the Nahe river to the west and the Haardt mountains to its South, form a natural border. Rheinhessen covers an area south of Rheingau, north of Pfalz and east of Nahe, and is located within the Rhineland-Palatinate federal state.

The region has been cultivating Grapes for wine production at least since ancient Roman occupation. It's also the home to the oldest surviving records of a German vineyard. Named Glöck, the vineyard was included in a deed for a church and vineyards gifted by Carloman – a duke of the Franks of the Carolingian family and the uncle of the first Holy Roman Emperor, Charlemagne – to the diocese of Würzburg in 742. Within a century, dozens of villages were cultivating grapes throughout Rheinhessen.

An early documentation of Riesling as a distinct grape variety, identified as Rüssling, was also found in records from the city Worms dating back to 1402. The Size of the region, and its location on the Rhine, has given it a significant role in Germany's wine industry history. Its largest city, Mainz, has been an unofficial Center for wine trade, being home to several national wine organizations including the German Wine Institute and the Association of German Prädikat Wine Estates (Verband Deutscher Prädikats-und Qualitätsweingüter e. V.

The top white wines of Winery Dirk Wendel

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Dirk Wendel

How Winery Dirk Wendel wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of andouillette with mustard sauce, risotto of the sea or sun wheat.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Dirk Wendel

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Dirk Wendel. is a with a nice freshness.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Dirk Wendel.

  • Riesling
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

The top pink wines of Winery Dirk Wendel

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Dirk Wendel

How Winery Dirk Wendel wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The word of the wine: Empyreumatic

Families of smells and aromas related to smoke, burnt, and more generally to roasting.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Dirk Wendel

Planning a wine route in the of Rheinhessen? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Dirk Wendel.

Discover the grape variety: Riesling

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.

News about Winery Dirk Wendel and wines from the region

An overview of the Rully appellation

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to a survey above the vineyard of Rully. Situated at the end of the Côte de Beaune region, it marks the begining of the côte chalonnaise with such a diversity of landscapes. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bivb​​​​ Find out more on our website: https://www.bourgogne-wines ...

Decanter Retailer Awards: The 2022 winners

An indispensable guide to the best wine shops, online retail, wine specialists and wine support services in the UK, the Decanter Retailer Awards 2022 winners have been partially revealed, with more results to be announced tomorrow, 28th September. Challenges are simply part of the landscape for retailers these days, but there are those who are rising to these challenges in style. The UK wine retail scene has undergone huge changes in the last five years, and our evolving categories aim to reflec ...

Drought and heat drive early wine harvests in Europe

Severe drought and heatwaves have provided challenges for wine producers across Europe in 2022, from maintaining vine health to concerns about – and the impact of – wildfires. Early harvests have been a feature of the vintage and reports emerged this week of records being broken at some white wine-producing estates in Bordeaux. Spain’s Caserío de Dueñas estate in DO Rueda said it began a record early harvest on 16 August this year. While drought and heat have put pressure on yields in some regio ...

The word of the wine: Empyreumatic

Families of smells and aromas related to smoke, burnt, and more generally to roasting.