page_title: Ahr
section_title: Viticulture
hierarchical_section_title: Ahr / Viticulture
caption_attribution_description: Blaue Burgunder Weintrauben (Spätburgunder Rotwein) (Original text: Blaue de:Burgunder de:Weintrauben (de:Spätburgunder de:Rotwein)) Fotograf: Alex Kamera: Nikon Coolpix 950 Software: de:GIMP Andere Versionen: -
context_page_description: Ahr is a river in Germany, a left tributary of the Rhine. Its source is at an elevation of approximately 470 metres above sea level in Blankenheim in the Eifel, in the cellar of a timber-frame house near the castle of Blankenheim. After 18 kilometres it crosses from North Rhine-Westphalia into Rhineland-Palatinate.
  The Ahr flows through Ahr valley or Ahrtal, passing through the towns of Schuld, Altenahr and Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler. Between Remagen and Sinzig, at about 50 metres above sea level, it flows into the Rhine. The length is roughly 89 kilometres, of which 68 kilometres is within Rhineland-Palatinate. The Ahr has a gradient of 0.4 percent in its lower course, and 0.4 to 0.8 percent in its upper course.
  The Ahr and its tributaries are a main drainage system of the eastern Eifel. The watershed is approximately 900 square kilometres.
context_section_description: The Ahr is well known for the many vineyards that grace the hillsides downstream of the village of Altenahr. The small Ahr wine region is nevertheless the largest contiguous red wine-growing area in Germany, noted especially for wines made from the Spätburgunder (Pinot noir) grape. The Red Wine Trail runs through the southern slopes of the lower Ahr Valley, passing inter alia the former government bunker.
caption: Spätburgunder grapes
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