Wine, Yard, Cellar, Press
Here you can read some interesting facts about wine, the cellar and pressing. Basically, we write down everything we talk about with our guests here. It often centres on our region, the landscape, the terroir and the people who live and work here.
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Wine and Cheese: 5-wine tasting ‘A Journey through Saale/Unstrut – All in White’
In August of 26, we welcomed six very charming young ladies. With the exception of two, they had all travelled from all over Germany to organise an unforgettable hen party for one of the six. We were delighted to set the scene with a tasting of five white wines.
Tasting of 5 Wines: "A lot of Burgundy, not much France."
One of the samples in the glass contains about 0.1; with five wine samples, that adds up to half a litre. That’s why the guided wine tastings we host include plenty of mineral water (still, medium, sparkling – whichever the guest prefers).
2028: 1000 years of Naumburg, 1030+ years of viticulture in the region
As is well known, Naumburg will celebrate its 1000th anniversary in 2028. The city’s origins are generally traced back to the documented transfer of the bishop’s seat from Zeitz to Naumburg in 1028. Since the 900th-anniversary celebrations in 1928, this significant date has formed the basis for the city’s anniversary celebrations. However, there is also a document stating that viticulture on the Saale and Unstrut rivers began at least as early as 998, i.e. at least 30 years earlier.
Wine tasting: 3 wine examples – ‘A Journey through the Saale/Unstrut Region – All in White’
In early May 2026, we welcomed four very friendly ladies from Brandenburg, who had booked the wine tasting online quite some time beforehand.
Tasting of 5 Wines: “A Journey Through the Saale/Unstrut Region – All in White”
Our wine tastings are not subject to a minimum number of participants or restricted to specific opening hours.
Regent variety
The Regent red wine variety is a new breed. It was created by first crossing Silvaner and Müller-Thurgau, and then crossing the resulting hybrid with Chambourcin. That sounds confusing, and it is.
Brief guide to bottles: the most common wine bottles
In addition to the familiar champagne or sparkling wine bottle, two different basic bottle shapes are used on the Wine-growing region Saale and Unstrut rivers for bottling, storage, further maturation and sale: the Schlegel bottle and the Bordeaux bottle, which come in white (transparent), green or brown glass.
Destemming - De-berrying - Rebelling - or not.
In viticulture, the stem structure of the grape is technically referred to as the stem. Destemming refers to the separation of the grapes into berries and stems.
The right vessel
Wines are matured in various vessels on the Saale and Unstrut rivers. These range from the widespread use of stainless steel tanks to large and small wooden barrels, right through to storage and maturation in the bottle. Regional winegrowers carefully and meticulously select the size and type of container to best highlight the characteristics of each wine while preserving the original character of the grape varieties and terroir.
Old vine plants
Neither German nor international wine law - as far as we have been able to read - has a clear definition of what an old vine plant is. Strictly speaking, the term has no meaning in terms of wine law. Vine plants that are over 120 years old are said to grow on the Moselle.
Kernling
As chance would have it, the Kernling is a spontaneous mutation. The new grape variety was discovered in 1974 by Ludwig Hochdörffer in the German region of Pfalz. And it went like this:
Cork and screw cap
The two most common and popular types of closure for wine bottles are the cork and the screw cap. Opinions differ on the question of whether a wine is better sealed with a cork or a screw cap.
