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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What actually is must weight?
Anyone interested in wine will, sooner or later, come across the term ‘must weight’. But what does it actually mean? In short, for winemakers, the must weight is a sort of preview of the finished wine.
Tasting of 3 Wines: "white - rosé - red"
The time had finally come: the first wine tasting for one person had been booked. Given the Zurich-based wine lover’s preference for red wine, we were more than happy to deviate from our usual themed examples for guided wine tastings and eventually agreed to organise a short round trip covering white, rosé and red wines. As this well-travelled lady wanted to gain an overview of wines from the Saale-Unstrut region, there simply had to be at least one white wine included.
2026 wine vintage on the Saale and Unstrut rivers
The 2026 wine year in the Saale-Unstrut region stands out as a historic milestone and an exceptional vintage. Following a wet spring, an extremely hot summer brought the region smaller grapes, but also perfectly healthy, highly aromatic grapes.
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 red grape variety Regent is a fungus-resistant new variety (PiWi) that was created in 1967 by Dr Gerhardt Alleweldt at the Geilweilerhof Institute for Grapevine Breeding. It was developed from a cross between the white variety Diana (Silvaner × Müller-Thurgau) and the red French hybrid variety 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.
