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The Mosel River is the most northerly of Germany’s wine regions, so it’s quite cool area; that makes for light-bodied, elegant wines with high acidity which winemakers generally leaven with a slight sweetness. The picturesque village of Piesport lies on the north side of a bend in the river, so its vineyards, of which Goldtröpchen (“golden droplets”) is the most famous, form a natural amphitheater, concentrating the sunlight on the grapevines to develop lots of flavor and complexity in the wines.

- Thanks to a recent string of excellent vintages and to the reemergence of Germany onto the international wine writing scene, this is a country that's hot, hot, hot! Germany is divided into 13 wine Region and produces a very wide variety of wine styles, from incredibly high-acid, dry wines to some of the sweetest, most unctuous concoctions on the planet and even a few surprisingly hearty reds. Most of the highest-quality wines are grown on steep banks along the rivers in these Region. Small vineyards...