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As with other European Community countries, the production of wines is split into two different classifications, Table Wines and Quality Wines. In Germany´s case, each of these is further split into two.
Before considering the German wine classifications, however, it is perhaps convenient at this stage to look briefly at Euro-Tafelwein. This is a blend of wines from various countries in the European Community, often largely Italian. Whilst the labels frequently look Germanic, and the wine is frequently made in the medium-dry German style, there must be a statement in the language of the country for which the wine is destined, stating clearly the nature of the product.
The two German categories of Table Wine are:
- Deutscher Tafelwein - the lowest classification
- Landwein - the second classification
These two lowest classifications for German wine rarely, if ever, account for even 10 % of total production. Most wine produced falls into the QWPSR category.
Quality wine, too, is split into two classifications:
- Qualitütswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete (QbA) - literally means "quality wine from a particular area under cultivation" or, put more simply, "wine from designated Quality Regions". This wine has to be produced from specific grape varieties from a single Anbaugebiet since no blending between regions is permitted.
- Qualitätswein mit Prädikat (QmP) - the finest quality German wines are classified as QmP, that is "wien with special attributes of quality", or "superior quality wine". As with QbA wines, these wines must be made from specified grapes from single Anbaugebiet, the name of which must be shown on the label. In addition, the grapes must all come from a single Bereich, or district. The grapes will have higher natural must-weights because, for wines of this quality, chaptalisation, or must-enrichment, is forbidden.
- Kabinett - the lowest of all QmP classificatios is Kabinett.Kabinett signifies that the gapes were picked at normal harvest but were riper than grapes for QbA.
- Spätlese - The German word for "harvest" is lese, whilst spät means "late" and a Spätlese wine is, therefore, one made from late-harvest grapes.
- Auslese - Literally this means "harvested from" or "selected", and indicates that an Auslese wine is made from specially selected extra-ripe bunches of grapes.
- Beerenauslese - Beeren means "berries" and Beerenauslese, therefore, indicates that the wine has been made from grapes which were individually selected.
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