Mansfeld Lakes area
The Mansfeld Lakes area is a wine-growing area in the Saale-Unstrut wine-growing region . Vines are cultivated on a total of around 90 hectares. This corresponds to around 14 percent of the total viticulture in the wine-growing region.
Locations and grape varieties
The Mansfeld Lakes area is an independent wine-growing area in the Saale-Unstrut growing area, which includes the vineyards between Lutherstadt Eisleben and Zappendorf in Saxony-Anhalt and the vineyards in Werder (Havel) in Brandenburg . Six private wineries in Höhnstedt, Seeburg and Rollsdorf as well as several large fruit-growing companies and around 100 part-time winemakers as members of the Freyburg / U winegrowers' association. cultivate the vineyards in the Mansfeld Lakes area and market most of the harvest. There are also some smaller private, self-marketing wine-growing businesses. The main grape varieties grown are Blauer Portugieser , Roter Traminer , Grüner Silvaner , Weißer Burgunder , Weißer Gutedel , Riesling and Müller-Thurgau . The predominantly dry wines are mainly marketed under the "Höhnstedter Kelterberg" location.
In Werder (Havel) the vineyards are run by private winemakers and supported by a support association. The main grape varieties are Dornfelder , Regent , Müller-Thurgau, Kernling , Saphira and Sauvignon Blanc .
Great location
- Höhnstedter Kelterberg
Single layers
- Westerhäuser Koenigstein
- Höhnstedter Kreisberg
- Höhnstedter Steineck
- Stedten Pastorenstieg
- Seeburg sky height
- Höhnstedter Steiger
- Werderaner Wachtelberg (Brandenburg)
- Werderaner Galgenberg (Brandenburg)
- Phöbener Wachtelberg (Brandenburg)
Special
Vineyards in the Beyernaumburg district (large and single-layer free)
literature
- Roland Fröhlich: At the polar circle of viticulture, Der Werderaner Wachtelberg , Vacat Verlag Potsdam 2001, ISBN 3-930752-17-4 .
- Wolfgang Drechsel: "Weinstrasse Mansfelder Seen" Schäfer Druck & Verlag GmbH 2009, ISBN 978-3-938642-35-1
- Hiking map: "From Handel to Luther, via the Mansfeld Lakes Wine Route", Schäfer Druck & Verlag GmbH, ISBN 978-3-938642-56-6
Web links
- Mansfeld Lakes Wine Route , accessed January 6, 2016.
- 360-degree panorama Kelterbergblick , accessed on January 6, 2016.