Wine of the Day, No. 542

Ahr is the smallest of Germany's vineyard regions and the northernmost region for red wine grapes in Europe. Those grapes are

predominantly pinot noir -- called Spätburgunder -- and their vines account for about 62 percent (342 hectares) of Ahr's 558 hectares, about 1,378 total acres. The Ahr river cuts east to the Rhine is a series of tight curves that …