The Winery Weinkontor Westhofen of Rheinhessen

Winery Weinkontor Westhofen
The winery offers 88 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 1995 of the estates of Rheinhessen.
It is located in Rheinhessen

The Winery Weinkontor Westhofen is one of the best wineries to follow in Rheinhessen.. It offers 88 wines for sale in of Rheinhessen to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Weinkontor Westhofen wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Weinkontor Westhofen

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Weinkontor Westhofen

How Winery Weinkontor Westhofen wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of vegetarian, pork or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of goat cheese and bacon quiche, sauerkraut (with tips so to do!!!) or pasta with tuna and tomato.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Weinkontor Westhofen

On the nose the white wine of Winery Weinkontor Westhofen. often reveals types of flavors of earth. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Weinkontor Westhofen. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Weinkontor Westhofen

  • 2016With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Weinkontor Westhofen.

  • Riesling
  • Kerner
  • Huxelrebe
  • Bacchus
  • Spätburgunder
  • Chardonnay

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 red wines of Winery Weinkontor Westhofen

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Weinkontor Westhofen

How Winery Weinkontor Westhofen wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of chinese noodles with vegetables and spices, dafina or pasta carbonara almost like the real thing.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Weinkontor Westhofen

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Weinkontor Westhofen. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Weinkontor Westhofen

  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2016With an average score of 2.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Weinkontor Westhofen.

  • Dornfelder
  • Spätburgunder
  • Blauer Portugieser
  • Regent
  • St. Laurent

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Weinkontor Westhofen

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Weinkontor Westhofen

How Winery Weinkontor Westhofen wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Weinkontor Westhofen.

  • Blauer Portugieser

The word of the wine: Breaking

Accident (oxidation or reduction) causing a loss of limpidity of the wine.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Weinkontor Westhofen

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Weinkontor Westhofen

How Winery Weinkontor Westhofen wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of pigeon with bacon and mushrooms, light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream) or lobster tail armorican style.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Weinkontor Westhofen.

  • Riesling

Discover the grape variety: Dornfelder

German, intraspecific cross made in 1955 by August Karl Herold (1902-1973) between the helfensteiner and the heroldrebe (more details, click here!). With these same parents he also obtained the hegel. The Dornfelder can be found in Switzerland, United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Canada, United States, ... . Virtually unknown in France, we nevertheless recognize a certain interest in it due to its short phenological cycle and the quality of its wines, both rosé and red.

The top sweet wines of Winery Weinkontor Westhofen

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Weinkontor Westhofen

How Winery Weinkontor Westhofen wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of vegetarian such as recipes of salmon and goat cheese quiche.

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Weinkontor Westhofen.

  • Spätburgunder

The word of the wine: Draft liquor (champagne)

After blending, the wine is bottled with a liqueur de tirage (a mixture of sugar and wine) and a yeast (selected yeasts). The yeast attacks the sugar and creates carbon dioxide. The fermentation, which lasts about two months, is prolonged by an ageing period (15 months minimum in total). The bottle is capped (some rare vintages are capped with a staple and a cork).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Weinkontor Westhofen

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 Weinkontor Westhofen.

Discover the grape variety: St. Laurent

News about Winery Weinkontor Westhofen and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Breaking

Accident (oxidation or reduction) causing a loss of limpidity of the wine.