Luxembourg makes wine on 1,100 hectares along the Moselle — the same river that runs through France, Luxembourg, and Germany, and gives its name to one of the world's most celebrated Riesling regions just across the border. The Luxembourg stretch, just upstream, is almost invisible by comparison.
The soils shift from limestone and clay in the south to ancient gypsum — Jurassic seabed geology — in the north. The indigenous Elbling, one of the oldest cultivated grape varieties in Europe, has been growing along this stretch since Roman times and survives almost nowhere else. For most of the 20th century, production was dominated by cooperatives focused on volume. The wines rarely left the country — Luxembourgers drink 70% of what they produce.
The natural wine movement arrived here later than everywhere else. It's still early. That's exactly the right moment to pay attention.
