About 60% of the annual German wine production originates from Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) in south west Germany. Although wild vine varieties where common along the rhine river and its branches the cultivation of vine started in the roman era about 2000 years ago.
There are 13 different wine growing regions for Qualitäswein:
- Ahr, 548 hectar
- Baden, 16 008 hectar
- Franken, 6123 hectar
- Bergstraße, 435 hectar
- Mittelrhein, 460 hectar
- Mosel, 8975 hectar
- Nahe, 4124 hectar
- Pfalz, 23353 hectar
- Rheingau, 3088 hectar
- Rheinhessen, 26281 hectar
- Saale-Unstrut, 663 hectar
- Sachsen, 416 hectar
- Württemberg, 11522 hectar
Overall about 140 different variaties of wine are planted in Germany, 35 of them are red wine variaties. The most important grape variaties in Germany with the according acreage of 2007 are:
- Riesling, 21722 hectar
- Müller-Thurgau, 13824 hectar
- Spätburgunder (Pinot noir), 11820 hectar
- Dornfelder, 8185 hectar
- Silvaner, 5261 hectar
- Blauer Portugieser, 4551 hectar
- Grauburgunder (pinot gris), 4413 hectar
- Kerner, 3848 hectar
- Weißer Burgunder, Weißburgunder (pinot blanc), 3589 hectar
- Trollinger, 2504 hectar
- Schwarzriesling (pinot meunir), 2397 hectar
- Regent, 2182 hectar
- Bacchus, 2061 hectar
- Scheurebe, 1702 hectar
- Lemberger, 1702 hectar
- Gutedel, 1129 hectar
- Chardonnay, 1120 hectar
- Gewürztraminer, 831 hectar
- St. Laurent, 675 hectar
- Huxelrebe, 656 hectar
- Ortega, 653 hectar
- Faberrebe, 632 hectar
- Elbling, 580 hectar
- Morio-Muskat, 517 hectar
- Acolon, 473 hectar
- Merlot, 431 hectar
- Domina, 404 hectar
- Dunkelfelder, 362 hectar
- Sauvignon blanc, 336 hectar
- Cabernet mitos, 320 hectar
- Cabernet sauvignon, 278 hectar
- Frühburgunder (pinot noir precoce), 251 hectar
- Cabernet Dorsa, 222 hectar
- Auxerrois, 177 hectar
- Gelber Muskateller, 156 hectar
- Heroldrebe, 163 hectar
- Reichensteiner, 113 hectar
- Siegerrebe, 108 hectar
- Ehrenfelser, 100 hectar