Wine wall map of Germany from De Long Company, size 61 x 92 cm / 24” x 36”, presents in an attractive pastel colouring the country’s officially designated wine growing regions. Rather than covering the whole country, the map shows its south-western part between Lake Constance & Bonn, with two insets presenting wine regions of eastern Germany: Saale
- Unstrut south-west of Leipzig, plus Saxony near Dresden & Meissen. The main map covers both sides of the Rhine from Lake Constance & Basel northwards to Bonn, extending eastwards to include the vineyards of Franconia around Würzburg. Coverage also extends across the Rhine & the Moselle to show the wine growing areas of Alsace & Luxembourg. Insets present in greater detail the Rheingau region on the right bank of the Rhine east of Wiesbaden, plus the central part of the Moselle Valley. The base map has colouring according the mean annual temperature, with graphics to indicate mountainous and/or forested areas, main rivers & roads, plus selected towns & locations within the wine regions. An information panel provides brief descriptions of Germany’s four main classifications: Deutscher Wein, Landwein, Prädikatswien & VDP, plus their subdivisions. Each main region also has a panel showing the area under cultivation & main grape varieties grown there. Map legend & all the text are in English. An interesting feature is the inclusion of latitude lines to provide comparisons with other wine growing areas, e.g. at 49°04 the wine growing region north of Stuttgart is at the latitude of Champagne.