Ruwer or Ruwerthal is a wine-growing district (''Bereich'') at the Ruwer (river) near

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. It is a district of the Mosel region, which used to be called Mosel-Saar-Ruwer. The

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produced

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in the Ruwer region since the 2nd century.

Villages and vineyards

* Ruwer/Eitelsbach: Karthäuserhofberg, Sonnenberg, Marienholz, Maximiner, Domherrenberg. * Mertesdorf: Maximin Grünhaus: Bruderberg, Abtsberg, Herrenberg; Lorenzhöfer Mäuerchen, Lorenzhöfer Felslay, Johannisberg, Herrenberg; *

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: Herrenberg, Dominikanerberg, Kehrnagel, Hitzlay, Nieschen, Paulinsberg, Timpert. * Waldrach: Heiligenhäuschen, Hubertusberg, Sonnenberg, Jungfernberg, Krone, Laurentiusberg, Ehrenberg, Doktorberg, Meisenberg, Jesuitengarten, Kurfürstenberg. * Morscheid: Heiligenhäuschen, Dominikanerberg. * Riveris: Kuhnchen, Heiligenhäuschen. * Sommerau: Schlossberg * Korlingen: Leikaul

External links

Ruwer-Riesling e.V.

Ruwerwein.de
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Ruwer The Ruwer is a river in Germany with a length of . It is a right tributary of the Moselle. The valley of the Ruwer is a part of the Moselle wine-growing region near Trier in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is famous for its Riesling wines ...