Planting continued until 1983, and additional vineyard sites have been selected for future development.

There are over 900 named vineyard sites in Wachau (known as Rieden).

It is a late ripening variety, and tends to be planted in warmer vineyard sites.

French term for a named vineyard site.

Joe Dutton pointed out that the vineyard sites are not far apart and share the same climate.

These vineyards include some of the finest individual vineyard sites in the country.

"I know the fruit, the lakes, the vineyard sites around here very well," he said.

In the 1840s, California pioneers looking for outstanding vineyard sites began planting grapes in the region.

In the middle is the mesoclimate which usually describes the characteristics of a particular vineyard site.

The name Steinberg is also used for several other single vineyard sites in Germany.