Saxon cone

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"Sachsenkeule" wine bottles from 1931 to 1994
Saxon cone from Wackerbarth Castle

The Sachsenkeule (also Saxony bottle ) is a brown, club-shaped wine bottle for Saxon quality wines that is used exclusively in the Saxony wine-growing region .

history

The Sachsenkeule was invented in the Hoflößnitz winery in Oberlößnitz , today a district of Radebeul . Under the direction of the oenologist Carl Pfeiffer , who after the phylloxera catastrophe there revived viticulture in the Lößnitz from 1913 , the club-shaped bottle was developed in 1931 as a trademark for the Hoflößnitz wine. It was originally made from green glass. The saxon leg should serve as a typical identification mark, similar to the Bocksbeutel that is typical for Franconian wine . However, the disadvantages of the bottle became clear after a short time. Due to the bulbous shape, the lying bottle has only a very small contact surface and is therefore significantly more fragile than the normal wine bottle during transport, and the stability is lower. This meant that the Saxon cone could not hold its own in the market.

In the 1990s, the Sachsenkeule was reintroduced by the Weinbauverband Sachsen and has been a trademark for purely Saxon wine since then. In addition to wine, sparkling wine from the Schloss Wackerbarth state winery is also offered in Sachsenkeulen. These are made from brown glass and not from green glass like the original bottles.

Web links

Commons : Sachsache  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Herrmann, F. Jürgen: Textbook for cooks . Handwerk und Technik, Hamburg 1999, ISBN 3-582-40055-7 , p. 358 .
  2. ^ Weinbauverband Sachsen eV (ed.): Saxony's winegrowers invite you. Brochure, 2011.
  3. ↑ Angela Stuhrberg: Baedeker SMART Travel Guide Dresden . Verlag Mair Dumont, 2015, ISBN 978-3-8297-8109-1 , pp. 32 f . ( Google Books ).
  4. ↑ Alexandra Bülow: From Bocksbeuteln, Sachsenkeulen and flutes. Die Welt, October 21, 2013, accessed February 4, 2016 .
  5. ^ Maren Gündel: Carl Pfeiffer - A pioneer of Radebeul viticulture. (No longer available online.) In: Official Journal Radebeul. City of Radebeul, August 2012, archived from the original on February 4, 2016 ; Retrieved February 4, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Saxon cone. Wein Plus, accessed February 4, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Klaus Thiele: Porcelain and Sachsenkeule. Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, May 29, 2008, accessed February 4, 2016 .