vineyards

Sprendlinger Hölle

The location was mentioned in 1592 with the name "im Helweg". Hell means a slight slope. In West Central Germany, this hall designation is very common.

Sprendlinger Honigberg

This common vineyard seed name probably does not go back to a "bee pasture". Presumably, the name of the location by the old Weinsorten- or. Quality designation "hunnisch" emerged. However, the meaning is not yet clear.

Sprendlinger Klostergarten

The naming is based on the ownership of the monastery Nivelles.

Sprendlinger Wißberg

Is thisreferring to a joke, a wise mountain or a meadow? The Wißberg is one of the most beautiful and, at around 270 metres above sea level, the second highest elevation in Rheinhessen. Seven municipalities border it, including Sprendlingen. The single vineyard "Sprendlinger Wißberg" was already mentioned in documents in 720. First with the name "Witzerberg", then in 1372 with "zu Wisseberg" and in 1435 "uff dem Wyseberge". However, the stream is based on an old European watercourse name and has nothing to do with meadow (German:…

St. Johanner Steinberg

Stadecker Lenchen

To lend, to lean on - best to drink up! The vineyard name comes either from the word "Lehen" meaning "lent property" or from the word "Berglehne", an outdated word for mountain slope. The second would be correct, at least geographically, because the "Lenchen" nestles on the slope. Silvaner, Pinot Gris or Riesling grow here on loess, sand and clay marl. The almost ten-kilometre-long hike "Stadecker Warte" offers great panoramic views over the lower Selz valley, various resting places and shows soil profiles. At the top of the plateau, the…

Stadecker Spitzberg

Top mountain! Just like the vineyard name "Horn", "Spitzberg" is also based on the mountain shape. The roots of the vines work their way through fertile loess and heavy clay marl. Hikers can best explore the vineyard via the "Hiwweltour Stadecker Warte". After a short steep climb, the path leads to a pavilion with a magnificent view. The clay marl soil profile allows you to look deep into the earth. The "Stadecker Warte" was already built by the winegrowers in 1933 and extended with a tower in the 1980s. > Info about the Hiwweltour…

Sulzheimer Schildberg (Shield mountain of Sulzberg)

Paint for the tower, concrete for the vineyard house No, nobody is up to anything here (German: etwas im Schilde führen). The name is based on the shield-shaped, humpbacked elevation. The local community of Sulzheim is surrounded by the vines of the single vineyard. A variety of vines grow on clay marl and limestone. The Schildberg tower was built by the community in 2010 and painted according to designs by the colour designer Professor von Garnier. The motto is: "When the flag flies on the Schildberg, there is always good wine there".…

Tiefenthaler Graukatz

Tiefenthaler gray cat  Valley, forest, red stone - and where is the cat?   Is there a gray cat lurking in the deep valley? At least the small village of Tiefenthal lies in a valley. So far, so good. The name is possibly derived from a grape variety, the "Graukätzer", so the story goes. If one searches for this variety today, one does not find anything. But it would fit to the word sound of other historical vine variety names, like "Schwarzurban", "Gänsfüßer" or "Süßschwarz". In any case, the…

Udenheimer Kirchberg (Church Mountain of Udenheim)

The three sisters and the diversity of grape varieties  A picturesque church stands on the Udenheimer Berg. And it goes without saying that it also gives its name to the single vineyard site. Various grape varieties grow here on sand and clay marl. The church is surrounded by the legend of the three sisters who inherited a lot of money. Each of them wanted to build a church. They divided the inheritance with the help of a bushel measure. Since one of the sisters was blind, she was cheated on. When the blind sister noticed the fraud, she…