Most important grape varieties
(1) Reisling: 23%
(2) Muller-Thurgau: 21%
(3) Silvaner: 7%
Main winemaking regions (13 total)
(1) Reinhessen
(2) Rheingau
(3) Mosel-Saar-Ruwer
(4) Pfalz
Styles of German wine
(1) Trocken: dry
(2) Halbtrocken: medium-dry
(3) Fruity: semidry to very sweet
Levels of German wine
(1) Tafelwein: "table wine"
(2) Qualitatswein: There are two type of "quality wine": (a) QbA (Qualitatswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete) and (b) QmP (Qualitatswein mit Pradikat), i.e. quality wine with distinction. QmP levels in ascending order of quality, price and ripeness: Kabinett (light, semidry wines), Spatlese (medium style, grapes harvested later giving grapes more body and flavor), Auslese (selectively picked grapes from ripe bunches yieldiing a fuller style), Beerenauslese (individually picked grapes for rich dessert wines, made only two or three times every ten years), Trockenbeerenauslese (dried to be more like raisins producing the richest, sweetest wines and most expensive)