WineTasteTV - Offering Wine Education and Information Videos

Wine 101


Einzellage; pl. Einzellagen [I'n-tsuh-lah-guh; I'n-tsuh-lahgehn]

from

As defined by the German wine laws of 1971, an Einzellage is an individual vineyard site with a minimum size of 5 HECTARES (about 121⁄2 acres). This law caused the absorption of many tiny vineyards into larger ones, reducing the total number of vineyards from approximately 25,000 to about 2,600. The result is a situation similar to France’s BURGUNDY region where a vineyard may be divided among many different growers. Nearly all the vineyard sites in Germany are officially registered as Einzellagen, each with their own officially assigned number. Einzellagen are the smallest defined areas under the German system, which includes GROSSLAGEN (general sites), BEREICHE (districts), and ANBAUGEBIETE (growing regions). On labels, the name of the Einzellage is most often preceded by the name of the village where the vineyard is located. When this is done, the the village name has an er attached to it. For example, the Einzellage Daubhaus from the village of Oppenheim would appear on the label as “Oppenheimer Daubhaus,” and the Einzellage Sonnenberg in the village of Eltville appears as “Eltviller Sonnenberg.” 
© Copyright Barron's Educational Services, Inc.
1995 based on THE WINE LOVER'S COMPANION,
by Ron Herbst and Sharon Tyler Herbst.

Email Icon E-Mail | Digg Icon Digg this! | del.icio.us del.icio.us | RSS Icon Comments RSS

 

Comments

No comments have been posted for this article.

News Headlines

Related Content

Sip on this:
How low can you go? Can they grow vines in New Zealand’s Central Otago? Find the Answer
 

Video Index