Moselle wine is present in three countries along the river Moselle: France, Luxembourg a Musel as well as Germany the Mosel. Moselle wines are mainly white as well as are featured in some of the coldest climates used for commercial winemaking.
Mosel is one of 13 German wine-growing regions Anbaugebiete for style wines, with 9 080 hectares under vine in 2005, and one of the nearly well-known. The region also includes vineyards situated on the Saar and Ruwer rivers. The leading varieties are Riesling 57.7% in 2005, Müller-Thurgau 15.0%, Elbling 6.6% and Kerner 4.9%. High-quality Mosel wine is synonymous with Riesling, and almost of the Elbling ends up in non-varietally labelled Sekt sparkling wine.