Saarland country wine
The Saarland Landwein wine- growing area belongs to the Moselle wine-growing area and was approved by ordinance of the Saarland Ministry of the Environment on June 2, 2006. The vineyards of the municipality of Perl on the Moselle are considered to be the “specific growing area”, i.e. the cultivation area for quality wines , while the southern slopes of the Saar, Nied and Blies are defined as a sub-area, i.e. the cultivation area for country wines . This created the legal basis for the production of a wine that is approved as food , i.e. marketable , in this region . Saarland country wine is not to be confused with country wine of the Saar , which the state of Rhineland-Palatinate is responsible for monitoring and which includes the communities from Konz to Serrig on the Saar north of the Saarland state border.
history
The middle of the 19th century is considered to be the high point of wine culture in this region. Numerous certificates attest to the high quality of the wines produced. In addition, field names, legends and oral traditions and buildings clearly used by viticulture, such as a trullo or dry stone walls , prove this ancient tradition. Viticulture in the last century was carried out on the central Saar near Merzig , but mainly in the region between Sankt Arnual , now part of Saarbrücken in the northwest, Rilchingen-Hanweiler in the southwest, Blieskastel in the northeast and Brenschelbach and Utweiler in the southeast.
Various medieval and modern maps and site plans show vineyards in the area of the Middle and Upper Saar, for example a floor plan from 1764 showing the little castle “Montplaisir” on the Saarbrücken Halberg along with an 80 acre vineyard. The Wingert was laid out in 1762 by Prince Wilhelm Heinrich , who six years earlier had already undertaken similar attempts on the Rabbit Mountain above Sankt Arnuals. Baron Adolf von Knigge , who visited the complex, said that the planting of a vineyard was probably done with the intention “to give the court a pleasant festival in autumn that represents a grape harvest, as if with the serious intention of adding drinkable wine here pull."
At the moment there is no significant viticulture in the Upper Saar except for private enjoyment, although viticulture was documented for many centuries after the Romans had imported it here. With the phylloxera plague and the unsuccessful fight against downy mildew (Peronospora) , the last winemakers gave up their businesses in the late 1920s.
Efforts to reactivate
After the Bliesgau was recognized as a biosphere reserve in May 2009, a strong movement can be seen that would like to build on the old, high quality and - beyond the status of the country wine - see professional viticulture as an opportunity to add value in the region. Arable land on both sides of the Blies and their tributaries Mandelbach , Bickenalb and Schlierbach are eligible . The vision is to have its own QbA appellation.
In the Reinheim district of Gersheim , a working group of winegrowers has recultivated an old vineyard in a favorable south-facing location and produces its own white and red wine from the harvest, which is also officially sold. The Saarland state government created the legal requirements for this a few years ago. Such attempts are not known in other regions along the Saar and its tributaries, although the conditions exist.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://sl.juris.de/sl/haben/WeinGebAbgrV_SL_2006.htm
- ^ Landwein der Saar , Ministry for the Environment, Agriculture, Food, Viticulture and Forests , Rhineland-Palatinate, December 11, 2015
- ^ Adolf Knigge: Selected works in ten volumes, Vol. 14: Travel, literature. Hanover 1992, p. 19
- ^ Roland Schmitt: On the history of viticulture in Bliesgau and on the Upper Saar. In: "Writings on Wine History ", Issue 167, Wiesbaden 2010, ISSN 0302-0967
- ↑ http://www.blieswein.de ( Memento from September 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
Remarks
- ↑ The vineyard house near Reinheim, which is under monument protection, is described in Dehio as "a small round building with a domed vault, probably around 1800"
