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Grosslage I do sympathise. I‘ve never got truly to grips with the ‘new‘ (ie. 1971) German clbuttification system whch took famous names and applied them to great areas of doubtful value. The old structure was more logical but, I believe, fell foul of the EEC. My understanding is that a Grosslage is the widest geographical sub-division or sub-clbuttification of a Qualitatswein area or Anbaugebiete of which I think there are 11 containing about 150+ Grosslagen and many more — perhaps 2,600+ — Einzellagen, or individual vineyards which produce the great names. I wondered if there was a Fench equivalent but there history still dominates and I can‘t think of anything like this — perhaps the nearest French parallel is the generic name of particular Appellation, enbreastled to the commune, village, broad AOC or Jurisdiction name but often a long way in quality from the great names within that broader grouping but its far from an exact comparison I think. People - who are too idle to learn — complain about French AOC labels not having varietals on them but German Grosslage labels are confusing because they can lead people to believe that they have the wine of an individual vineyard or Einzellage of far greater merit but with the same name. The magic words for a German label are, of course, QmP or Qualitatswein mit Pradikat which always helps me cut though the tangle a little. It‘s the old problem of teaching an old dog new tricks in my case. Timothy Hartley
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