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The Moselle ( / moʊˈzɛl / moh-ZEL, [1] French: [mɔzɛl] ⓘ; German: Mosel [ˈmoːzl̩] ⓘ; Luxembourgish: Musel [ˈmuzəl] ⓘ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it joins at Koblenz.
The Moselle Valley ( French: vallée de la Moselle, pronounced [vale də la mɔzɛl]; German: Moseltal, pronounced [ˈmoːzl̩ˌtaːl] ⓘ) is a region in north-eastern France, south-western Germany, and eastern Luxembourg, centred on the river valley formed by the river Moselle. The Moselle runs through, and along the borders of, the three ...
Mosel ( German: [ˈmoːzl̩] ⓘ) is one of 13 German wine regions ( Weinbaugebiete) for quality wines ( Qualitätswein, formerly QbA and Prädikatswein), and takes its name from the Mosel River ( French: Moselle; Luxembourgish: Musel ). Before 1 August 2007 the region was called Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, but changed to a name that was considered more ...
The Saar ( German: [zaːɐ̯] ⓘ; French: Sarre [saʁ]) is a river in northeastern France and western Germany, and a right tributary of the Moselle. It rises in the Vosges mountains on the border of Alsace and Lorraine and flows northwards into the Moselle near Trier. It has two headstreams (the Sarre Rouge and Sarre Blanche, which join in ...
For each of the quality wine regions, the state where the vineyards are located keeps a formal vineyard roll (Weinbergsrolle) which lists all formally recognised vineyards of the region, with detailed surveying maps defining the geographical extent of each vineyard. Thus, the full list of Mosel vineyards in fact consist of separate lists in two ...
Location. Bernkastel-Kues lies in the Mosel valley, roughly 50 km (31 mi) from Trier. The greatest elevation is the Olymp (415 m above sea level ), and the lowest point (107 m above sea level) lies on the Mosel's banks. The municipal area totals 23 657 101 m 2, of which 7 815 899 m 2 is used for agriculture, thereby making Bernkastel-Kues one ...
The Meuse (/ m juː z / mewz, / m ɜː z /, US also / m ɜːr z, m ʌ z / mu(r)z, French: ⓘ; Walloon: Moûze) or Maas (/ m ɑː s / mahss, Dutch: ⓘ; Limburgish: Maos or Maas) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea from the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta.
Germany. Mosel is one of 13 German wine-growing regions ( Anbaugebiete) for quality wines, with 9 080 hectares under vine in 2005, and one of the most well-known. The region also includes vineyards situated on the Saar and Ruwer rivers. The main varieties are Riesling (57.7% in 2005), Müller-Thurgau (15.0%), Elbling (6.6%) and Kerner (4.9%).