Wine region
Mittelrhein
Mittelrhein is a wine region in Germany, home to 6 wineries, producing white wines.
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Mittelrhein's 6 wineries produce predominantly white wine; wines carry Pradikatswein, Qualitatswein designation.
About the Mittelrhein region
- Location
- Mittelrhein (or Middle Rhine) is a region (Anbaugebiet) for quality wine in Germany, and is located along a 120 km stretch of river Rhine in the tourist portions of the Rhine region known as Middle Rhine.
- Climate
- According to meteorological data, the annual average temperature is 9,7 °C, while the average temperature during the growing season is 14,2 °C.
- Soils
- Mittelrhein vineyards are mainly rooted in Devonian schist-derived soils; brown soils and regosols predominate, with loess-based para-brown soils, calcareous floodplain sands and clays, and local volcanic soils also present.
Region facts sourced from Official Journal of the European Union, Mittelrhein (EUGI00000004647), Official Journal C, C/2026/738, 5.2.2026, retrieved 2026-07-11. (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of Commission documents), Wikipedia contributors, "Mittelrhein (wine region)", Wikipedia, revision 1345360141, retrieved 2026-07-11. (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International).
Wine profile
Mittelrhein is predominantly a white-wine region (about 100% of its wines).
22 distinct Mittelrhein wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.
- White22 · 100%
Types: Still.
Representative Mittelrhein wines
Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.
- Sturm — Ohm Johann Riesling Spatlese Feinherb
- Weingut August Perll — Bopparder Hamm Mandelstein Riesling Eiswein
- Sturm — Steinbruch Riesling Spatlese Trocken Reserve
- Weingut Bastian — Bacharacher Posten BA
- Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt — Kaseler Nies'chen Riesling Kabinett
- Toni Jost — Bacharacher Hahn Riesling Trocken
- Toni Jost — Bacharacher Hahn Riesling Auslese
- Weingart — Schloss Furstenberg Riesling Auslese
Quality designations
Wines here span quality tiers from everyday Qualitatswein to the strictly-controlled Pradikatswein — you'll find both accessible and prestige bottles.
- PradikatsweinGermany's top quality tier, graded by grape ripeness at harvest (from Kabinett up to sweet late-harvest styles).
- QualitatsweinA German/Austrian quality-wine tier from a designated region, above basic table wine.
Germany wine designations
- Landwein
- Landwein is the German traditional term for wine with a protected geographical indication from a named Landwein area.
- Pradikatswein
- Prädikatswein is a German protected-origin wine category that meets the requirements for Qualitätswein plus the conditions for a named Prädikat.
- Qualitatswein
- Qualitätswein is a German traditional term for wine with protected designation of origin from a specified wine-growing area.
Classifications
- Erste Lage
- VDP.ERSTE LAGE is the VDP association’s classification for first-class vineyards with distinct individual character and optimal growing conditions.
- VDP.ERSTE LAGE is not a designation stipulated by German wine law; it is governed by the VDP association’s private regulations.
Understanding the wine data
- Designation
- The protected-origin or administrative category associated with the wine, interpreted using country-aware rules. The same abbreviation can mean different things in different countries, so we only show the meaning approved for that country.
- Classification
- An additional quality, hierarchy, vineyard, site, ageing or producer classification where supplied. Its meaning varies by country — it is not a universal quality score.
How this ranking is built
Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
How to choose a good Mittelrhein wine
For everyday drinking, Qualitatswein bottles are the accessible choice; for something special, Pradikatswein signals the region's most tightly-controlled, prestige wines.
FAQs
- Where is Mittelrhein?
- Mittelrhein (or Middle Rhine ) is a region ( Anbaugebiet ) for quality wine in Germany , and is located along a 120 km stretch of river Rhine in the tourist portions of the Rhine region known as Middle Rhine .
- What do the designation terms on Mittelrhein wines mean?
- Pradikatswein: Prädikatswein is a German protected-origin wine category that meets the requirements for Qualitätswein plus the conditions for a named Prädikat. Qualitatswein: Qualitätswein is a German traditional term for wine with protected designation of origin from a specified wine-growing area. These terms describe geographical or regulatory categories; they do not by themselves guarantee that one producer or bottle is better than another.
- How are wineries and producers selected for Mittelrhein?
- Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
- How are representative Mittelrhein wines selected?
- Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
- How much wine data does WhatDrink have for Mittelrhein?
- The current regional catalogue contains 22 linked wines from 6 linked producers. Counts describe WhatDrink catalogue coverage and may change as source data is refreshed.
Regional data is aggregated from wine directory and product-catalogue sources; grape and style associations reflect characteristic varieties and may vary by producer and vintage.