The Palatinate means a rewarding experience for all the senses. Palatinate wine and the region's cuisine are a treat for the taste buds, and in its mild climate the fruit and almond trees blossom early and lemons, figs and kiwi fruit ripen quickly.
Around 22,200 hectares are under vine in the Mittelhaardt/German Wine Route and Southern Wine Route areas. Müller-Thurgau and Riesling flourish particularly well here, in addition to the red wine varieties of Pinot Noir, Portugieser and Dornfelder. Wachenheim, Forst, Deidesheim and St. Martin are just a few of the many well-known wine villages in this region.
The German Wine Route, the best-known wine-themed route, takes you straight to where these fresh, fruity wines are made. The hillsides with chalk and slate soils produce full-bodied wines with a typically mineral taste. The flat vineyards with sandy soils produce wines with a characteristic lightness.

Palatinate wines

With over 23,000 hectares
of vineyards, this is Germany's second-largest wine growing area.

White wines
Red wines