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Description to Bernkastel
Area (also Mittelmosel) of the German Moselle wine-growing region (see details there). Bernkastel-Kues, the municipality that gives the town its name, has a population of around 8,000 and is located on the Middle Moselle in the district of Bernkastel-Wittrich , about 50 kilometres from Trier in the federal state of Rhine Valley Palatinate. It is divided into the four districts of Andel and Bernkastel on the right bank of the Moselle, and Kues and Wehlen on the left bank. Bernkastel-Kues is a state-recognised spa. The single vineyards Alte Badstube am Doctorberg, Bratenhöfchen, Doctor, Graben, Johannisbrünnchen, Kardinalsberg, Lay, Matheisbildchen, Rosenberg, Schlossberg, Stephanus-Rosengärtchen and Weisenstein belong to the municipality. Well-known wineries in Bernkastel-Kues or Wehlen are Dr. Loosen, Dr. Pauly-Bergweiler, Molitor, Peter Mertes, S. A. Prüm, Wwe. Dr. H. Thanisch Erben Müller-Burggraef and Wwe. Dr. H. Thanisch Erben Müller-Burggraef. The municipality is also home to a branch of the Julius Kühn Institute and the office of the Bernkasteler Ring winegrowers' association
Classified wine producers in Bernkastel 51
Find+Buy for Bernkastel 85
Recent wines 10485
Weingut K.J. Thul
— Mosel
2019 Thörnich Riesling feinherb Alte Reben
8.90 €
Weingut Meierer
— Mosel
2020 Kesten Paulinshofberg Riesling
16.90 €
Weingut Clüsserath-Weiler
— Mosel
2021 Riesling feinherb "Fährfels"
32.00 €
Weingut Heribert Kerpen
— Mosel
2021 Bernkastel Bratenhöfchen Riesling Kabinett feinherb
87 WP
very good
10.50 €
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