Meersburg State Winery

Meersburg State Winery
legal form	Public company
Seat	Seminarstrasse 6, Meersburg
management	Winery director Jürgen Dietrich
Branch	Viticulture
Website	www.staatsweingut-meersburg.de

The Meersburg State Winery is a wine-growing domain in Meersburg on Lake Constance.

history

State winery Meersburg with Rieschen vineyard

In Meersburg there is documentary evidence that viticulture has been practiced since 1324. The historic buildings from the early 18th century and the vineyards were owned by the Prince-Bishops of Constance until 1802/1803 . During the secularization , the winery fell to the Grand Duchy of Baden and became the first wine-growing domain in Germany as the Grand-Ducal-Baden domain winery . After the First World War , in 1919 the name was changed to Staatsweingut Meersburg . As the legal successor to the state of Baden , the state winery now belongs to the state of Baden-Württemberg .

Locations and grape varieties

Vineyards

The state winery owns sites in Meersburg through the previous owner, the Prince Diocese of Constance, to whom the best vineyards were reserved as rulers . In addition to the Meersburg sites, there is one site each in Singen (Hohentwiel) and Gailingen am Hochrhein owned by the state winery, a total of 63 hectares of vineyards. The locations are characterized by the heat-storing and reflective effect of Lake Constance, as well as by the specially created soils, e.g. B. the volcanic subsoil on Olgaberg. The vineyard in Meersburg also includes the vineyard of the Fürstenhäusle , a former property of the poet Annette von Droste-Hülshoff , who honors the state winery with a wine of the same name.

Locations of the state winery and grape varieties grown on them

• Meersburger Chorherrnhalde : Pinot Blanc , Chardonnay
• Meersburger Rieschen : Riesling , Traminer , gray and pinot noir
• Meersburger Jungfernstieg : Pinot Blanc and Pinot Noir
• Meersburger Bengel : Pinot Noir, Riesling, Müller-Thurgau
• Meersburger Lerchenberg : Pinot Noir, Müller-Thurgau
• Gailinger Ritterhalde : Pinot Noir
• Hohentwieler Olgaberg : Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc , Müller-Thurgau, Pinot Blanc and Pinot Noir

Wine press, sales and tavern

Meersburg, Oberstadt, Seminarstraße: Delivery of the grapes for pressing in the Meersburg State Winery

Wine presentation of the Meersburg State Winery

Meerburg, Oberstadt: Gutsschänke of the Meersburg State Winery

Wine sales and the press room are located in a historic building on Seminarstrasse. The Gutsschänke restaurant is located above the Rieschentreppe.

Awards

The wines of the state winery, which according to Feinschmecker is one of the 900 best wineries in Germany, have received numerous awards, including the state winery at the AWC Vienna and the Mundus Vini .

Workforce

The state winery employs around 30 people and is run by winery director Jürgen Dietrich. Cellar master is Olaf Stintzing (as of 2018).

Web links

Commons : Staatsweingut Meersburg  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• www.staatsweingut-meersburg.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.staatsweingut-meersburg.de/das-weingut/unser-team.html
2. ^ History on the winery website
3. ↑ Staatsweingut Meersburg in the Weinlexikon von wein-bastion.de
4. ↑ Wine list 2013  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF)  
5. ↑ http://www.staatsweingut-meersburg.de/das-weingut/weinbergslagen.html
6. ↑ https://staatsweingut-meersburg.de/wein-erleben/gutsschanke/ Gutsschänke in the Staatsweingut Meersburg at staatsweingut-meersburg.de
7. ↑ DER FEINSCHMECKER paperback The 900 best wineries in Germany 2012.
8. ↑ Awards on the winery website

Coordinates: 47 ° 41 ′ 34.9 ″  N , 9 ° 16 ′ 25 ″  E