Winemaking quality

The Weinbauwürdigkeit determines the most important criteria of viticulture to a central European location.

Heat balance

Angle of incidence of the sun (south-southwest positions with a slope of about 40% to 50%)
Altitude (optimal altitude range around 100 m to 250 m in the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer region )
Wind (ventilation conditions, protected basins, deep valley cuts)
Frost and cold air hazard (e.g. not budding too early due to cool winters)
Microclimate influences from the environment (water surfaces, rivers, neighborhoods of forests, soils)

Grain size composition (stone to clay )
Storage density (loose slate to firm tuff / gneiss / granite )
Soil color (light sandy soils to dark slate soils), lime content, humus content, nutrient content, pH value. This is closely related to the soil heat, the thermal conductivity and the heat capacity (fast, heatable floors, which, however, cannot hold the heat at night up to the slowly warming - but also more slowly cooling floors)
Soil water (rapid water runoff through slope and internal structure - drought stress, waterlogging, etc.) and
Soil air.

Suitability for cultivation, machinability, the possibility of harvesting do not play a role in determining the viability of viticulture.