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• Also known as Rhenish Hesse
• Once known as Liebfraumilch land
• The largest production area in Germany
• Lies on the left bank of the River Rhine between Worms and Bingen in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate
• Known as the “land of the thousand hills”, the terrain is undulating with vineyards mixed with orchards and other forms of farming
• Mixed wine styles and both red and white wines
• Müller-Thurgau (usually labelled Rivaner when vinified dry is still the most grown, with Riesling second and ever increasing
• The best Riesling wines are similar to Palatinate Riesling – dry and powerful
• Despite its name, it lies in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate, not in Hesse