For consumers, it’s like a seal of confidence, especially when the German wine law is seen as complicated. This makes it much easier." The VDP’s vineyard classification, explained To help ...

The three-tier classification model approved by the Association of German Prädikat Wine Estates (VDP) resembles the grand cru, premier cru and village system used in France's Burgundy region. "It's ...

In addition to adopting a new three-tier classification system (Harpers ... Members agreed to go by the shorter name VDP. Die Prdikatsweingter (VDP. The Prdikat Wine Estates), and to modernise its ...

According to the Deutsches Weininstitut (DWI), the German government is contemplating a move to transform the standard and VDP wine classification systems into a single system that would iron out ...

To do so, they would adopt a classification ... quantity of wine they produced to focus solely on quality. This renaissance really took off 20 years ago, with the launch of the VDP’s Grosses ...

Several major wine-producing countries ... it has a long history of official classifications of them, in Bordeaux at least. But Germany has the VDP (Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter ...

But within that 6% are some of the country’s most iconic and expressive wines. “The VDP classification only applies to its members,” says Maurer. “It’s a private system, but it sets a ...