Reserve wine system, most DACs have an additional "Reserve" designation for a wine which has slightly more strict requirements. Before the 1971 German wine law, a term corresponding to reserve wine existed in "kabinett", sometimes written as "Kabinettwein". In 1971, the similar-sounding term "Kabinett" was instead introduced as the lowest level of the "Prädikatswein" category, i.e., with a completely different meaning. Therefore, in the present German wine classification no legally defined term corresponding to reserve wine exists. Reserve wine Reserve wine is wine of a higher quality than usual, or a wine that has been aged before being sold, or both. Traditionally,
German Wine Gate 1919 had been part of France, enjoyed a fine view, if they chose to lift their eyes to the hill on north side of their town, of a large two headed imperial eagle carved on one side of the "Weintor", clutching a huge swastika in its talons. In France this was seen as provocative. After the war ended, in 1945, the huge stone swastika was cut away. German Wine Gate The German Wine Gate ("Deutsches Weintor") has celebrated the local wine industry and marked the southern end of the German Wine Route in Schweigen-Rechtenbach since 1936. A corresponding marker at