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Gekeltert in the of Luxembourg cultivation area almost exclusively dry, sort-pure white wine wine from Luxembourg is about 45% from that here Rivaner Mueller Thurgauer grape/cluster specified gekeltert. The Elbling constitutes a further large portion of the Luxemburger wine. Other white common grape vines supplement the pallet: about Auxerrois, Riesling, Pinot Gris and Red wines, usually Pinot Noir, are rare. A not insignificant portion that white crying robbing besides to foam wine or is converted. The Weinbaugebiet Luxembourg is to a large extent the Moselgebiet, which - like also for the German Mosel typical steep slopes and the moseltypischen rock soils possesses. Weinbaugebiet Luxembourg is called therefore actually Weinbaugebiet Mosel.Heute manages approximately 450 main and supplementary income winegrowers 1300 hectars of vineyards. The wines produced by the winegrowers, who are members of the wine cellar cooperatives "Domaines de Vinsmoselle" (58% of national production), the private winegrowers (28% of production), as well as the trade in wine (14% of production).
The viticulture history of Luxembourg is closely connected with the historical happening to the Untersauer and Mosel.
To the Untersauer in Rosport in the "Hoelt" viticulture one operates, which forms the easternmost point of the Grand Duchy.
The Mosel forms the border on a length of 36 km to Germany. Because of opposite lying bank the German cultivation area Mosel Saar Ruwer.Die history of the two regions is is linked, here as goes back there closely with one another the cultivation from vines into the Roman time. The Romans brought in the 1. Century v. Chr. the viticulture into this area.
In the Middle Ages an upswing of the viticulture in the entire country took place via the establishment of numerous monasteries. Only with that much winters 1709 generally speaking country with exception Moseltals of the Rebbestand are destroyed.
To 90% in the future vines of the sort Elbling were cultivated, which was exported nearly exclusively as barrel commodity for the blend into the German Weinbaugebiet Mosel Saar Ruwer. Only in 20. Century wanted to strengthen the luxemburger State of the identity of the own wines. This succeeded to the establishment of an institute for viticulture by the influence of the customs union with Belgium 1922, 1925 in Remich as well as the establishment 1935 of the quality wine system of the Marque national vins de la MOSal luxembourgeoise.
The grossherzogliche regulation of 6. May 2004 permits the wine production (board wine as well as quality wine) with the following Rebsorten:
Auxerrois, Chardonnay, Dakapo, Elbling, Gamay, Muskat Ottonel, Pinot Blanc (white Burgunder), Pinot Gris (Grauburgunder), Pinot Noir, Pinot Noir Riesling, Rivaner (Mueller Thurgau), pc. Laurent, Silvaner. The Rebsorte Dakapo may be used however only in a blend by maximally ten per cent with the Rebsorten Pinot Noir, Gamay, Pinot Noir as well as pc. Laurent.
The quality wine system Marque national one of the Vins luxembourgeois became to 12. March 1935 imported. A small rectangular auxiliary label on the back of the bottle confirms the controlled origin with the Marque national Appellation and guarantees a basic quality of the wine.
The wine is submitted of a national laboratory analysis in Institut Viti Vinicole in Remich. In addition the wines are judged sensoryly by the criteria color, clarity, smell and taste in a commission of the Marque national ones of the Vins luxembourgeois. One receives the back label during a minimum evaluation from 12 points in a scale to 20. With 14 or more points may the wine the Vin , with 16 or more points the designation Prime Minister Cru and with 18 - 20 points the honor Grand Prime Minister Cru carry.
Since 8 January 2001 the designations Vendanges Tardives (late vintage) were introduced, Vin de Glace (ice wine) and Vin de Paille (straw wine).
Since 4 January 1991 for the foam wine the Appellation de Luxembourg was introduced. This foam wine is manufactured according to the traditional method of the bottle fermentation. The is offered either as sort-pure wine from the Rebsorten Elbling, Pinot blanc, to Riesling, Pinot Noir or Chardonnay, as dry (brood) or halfdry (demi seconds) (thus a blend of several Rebsorten), or as class foam wine. The foam wine consists mainly of Pinot Noir.
The luxemburger viticulture has altogether 1350 hectares On 42 km are enough distance between Rosport and Schengen lie the following viticulture places:
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