German for “region.” Under the German wine laws established in 1971, a Bereich is a district or subregion within an ANBAUGEBIET (quality-wine growing region). There are forty-three Bereiche throughout the thirteen Anbaugebiete. Within a Bereich, there are GROSSLAGEN (general sites) and EINZELLAGEN (individual sites or vineyards). If a wine label carries a Bereich name (instead of a Grosslage or Einzellage), it’s considered to be of satisfactory quality (much like a French regional wine from ANJOU, BORDEAUX, BURGUNDY, or CÔTES-DU-RHÔNE). However, the higher-quality wines will generally carry the name of an individual vineyard (Einzellage) from one of the better Bereiche.