The Winery Weingut Konigshof of Rheinhessen

Winery Weingut Konigshof - Bopparder Hamm Feuerlay Charta Riesling Halbtrocken
The winery offers 37 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 1627 of the estates of Rheinhessen.
It is located in Rheinhessen

The Winery Weingut Konigshof is one of the best wineries to follow in Rheinhessen.. It offers 37 wines for sale in of Rheinhessen to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Weingut Konigshof wines

Looking for the best Winery Weingut Konigshof wines in Rheinhessen among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Weingut Konigshof 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 Weingut Konigshof wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Weingut Konigshof

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Weingut Konigshof

How Winery Weingut Konigshof wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of ham and cheese macaroni gratin, soupions à la provençale or grilled pork ribs with barbecue sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Weingut Konigshof

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Weingut Konigshof. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Weingut Konigshof

  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Weingut Konigshof.

  • Riesling
  • Weissburgunder
  • Spätburgunder

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 pink wines of Winery Weingut Konigshof

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Weingut Konigshof

How Winery Weingut Konigshof wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of vegetarian such as recipes of ham and comté quiche.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Weingut Konigshof.

  • Spätburgunder

Discover the grape variety: Lival

Lival noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Languedoc). It produces a variety of grape used for wine making. However, it can also be found eating on our tables! Lival noir can be found cultivated in these vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhône Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Provence & Corsica.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Weingut Konigshof

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 Weingut Konigshof.

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 Weingut Konigshof and wines from the region

Decanter magazine latest issue: October 2022

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Gusbourne aims high with English sparkling wine at £195

Gusbourne has launched Fifty One Degrees North English sparkling wine from the 2014 vintage at £195 per bottle, which is thought to make it the most expensive so far released. Some others aren’t too far behind – Nyetimber’s 1086 rosé 2010 is £175 – yet Gusbourne’s move reinforces a sense of ambition within the UK wine world to be a regular fixture at this prestige cuvée level. Fifty One Degrees North, named after the position of Gusbourne’s vineyards in Kent and West Sussex, is a ble ...

Asolo Prosecco – Young at heart, wise in spirit

I n 2009 Prosecco was re-mapped in sweeping changes that created an extensive new zone for the production of Prosecco DOC and elevated the traditional growing areas of Valdobbiadene-Conegliano to DOCG, Italy’s top denomination. At that time, one might have overlooked the fact that the new legislation also created a small, independent DOCG for Asolo Prosecco to the west of the river Piave. The sparkling wines of the area had low visibility, producers were few and production was limited. However t ...

The word of the wine: Sweet (flavor)

The flavour provided by the residual sugars naturally present in the wine as well as by certain alcohols. This sensation can range from a simple impression of smoothness to a clear sweetness. We speak of roundness, fatness and mellowness.