The Honorable Mainz Wine Guild from 1443
The Honorable Mainz Wine Guild from 1443 is now sometimes referred to as the mother of all newly founded wine brotherhoods .
This wine guild was founded on October 5th, 1954 by Robert Schmidt, Dr. rer. pol., novelist, traffic director of Mainz and above all a wine lover, re-founded based on a medieval model from 1443.
Based on the model of the symposium from Greek mythology, the symposiarch chaired the meeting . Ergo bibamus is the motto of this group, which, in contrast to other wine guilds and brotherhoods, does not feel obliged to any specific growing area or country. Ergo bibamus can also be found in the refrain of the guild song Here we are gathered for laudable deeds (text: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , 1810, melody: Max Eberwein 1813).
The Honorable Mainz Wine Guild has no written statutes and the “Secret Council of Seven” is neither secret nor limited to seven people. Any man who is knowledgeable about wine and who is found worthy or introduced by a brother in the guild can be accepted.
In addition to the guild evenings, which are each devoted to a wine theme, monthly meetings are held in Mainz wine bars in connection with the abandonment of such wine guilds in the Middle Ages, which serve to ensure a minimum quality standard for the wine served there. Until the 1970s, particularly recommendable wine bars were awarded a certificate by the wine guild.
The Honorable Mainz Wine Guild and the Krems Wine Brotherhood have been friends for years . There are official visits at irregular intervals, but now there are also many private connections.
Individual evidence
- ↑ See full text on Wikisource .
- ^ Hans-Jörg Koch : Weinparadies Rheinhessen. Vines, culture, land and people. 3rd, revised and significantly expanded edition. Verlag der Rheinhessische Druckwerkstätte, Alzey 1982, ISBN 3-87854-029-9 .