🏷️ Liebfraumilch

Liebfraumilch (also Liebfrauenmilch) is a traditional term for German wine protected in the EU register of traditional terms. According to the register, it is the traditional name of a white German quality wine with a protected designation of origin (PDO). At least 70 % of the wine must be a blend of Riesling, Silvaner, Müller-Thurgau or Kerner, and the grapes come from the Nahe, Rheingau, Rheinhessen or Pfalz regions. The residual sugar must be in the "medium sweet" range, which under EU labelling rules means roughly 12–45 g/l. The register adds that the wine is made almost exclusively for export.

So Liebfraumilch is neither a grape variety nor a single vineyard, but a label name for a style of white blend. It belongs to German wine and sits next to medium-sweet wine.

Why it matters to you. The name on the label tells you to expect a white, noticeably sweet, easy-drinking wine from western Germany, not a dry Riesling. Like any wine, it contains alcohol: according to the WHO, there is no safe level of alcohol consumption.