The Winery Weinhaus Hessel of Rheinhessen

Winery Weinhaus Hessel - Cuvee S Spätlese Trocken Spätburgunder
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Rheinhessen.
It is located in Rheinhessen

The Winery Weinhaus Hessel is one of the best wineries to follow in Rheinhessen.. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Rheinhessen to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Weinhaus Hessel wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Weinhaus Hessel

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Weinhaus Hessel

How Winery Weinhaus Hessel wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of vegetarian such as recipes of spinach and goat cheese quiche.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Weinhaus Hessel.

  • Spätburgunder
  • Regent

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 Weinhaus Hessel

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Weinhaus Hessel

How Winery Weinhaus Hessel wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of guinea fowl with cabbage, curried mouclade à la charentaise or pakistani rice (biryani).

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Weinhaus Hessel.

  • Riesling

Discover the grape variety: Regent

A complex interspecific cross between the diana (sylvaner x Müller-Thurgau) and the chambourcin obtained in Germany in 1967 by Gerhardt Alleweldt. It can be found in Quebec (Canada), Belgium and Switzerland, but is little known in France. It should be noted that Regent, a monogenic variety, which is nevertheless resistant to certain cryptogamic diseases, was "bypassed" in 2010 by a less resistant strain of mildew, which was also the case for bianca.

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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 Weinhaus Hessel and wines from the region

Port and Sherry importers incensed by UK duty tax plans

Prices on Port and Sherry could increase by around 13% in the UK if the government presses ahead with its duty tax reform as planned, according to industry leaders. Producers and merchants have been left incensed by the plans, said the Wine & Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) today (9 December), following a meeting with members connected to fortified wine. ‘If you like a glass of Port or Sherry at Christmas we suggest you make the most of it this year [because] it might be priced out of your C ...

Gigondas to produce white wines

At a national committee meeting held on Thursday 8th September, members of the Institut National de l’Origine et de la Qualité (INAO) voted unanimously to ratify the change to the appellation guidelines to allow white wines into AP Gigondas. A working group of growers and négociants has been pursuing the amendment for 11 years. The amendment states that white Gigondas must contain a minimum 70% Clairette. Other permitted varieties include Bourboulenc, Clairette Rose, Grenache Gris, Grenache Blan ...

Decanter 360° Academy initiative launches

Decanter is very excited to announce the launch of the Decanter 360 Academy, which is now open for applications. Find out more and apply here. We’re looking for our first Decanter 360° Academy Trainee – somebody with a real enthusiasm for taking the first steps in their wine industry career.  If you’re interested in the world of wine but don’t know where to start, this might just be the opportunity for you. We recognise that the wine industry can seem daunting from the outside and we want to do ...

The word of the wine: Pulp

Fleshy and juicy part of the grape berry, it contains sugars, organic acids and various nitrogenous and mineral compounds.