Winegrowers' cooperative Bischoffingen

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The bright building at the top left on the outskirts is the Johner winery.

The Bischoffinger Winzergenossenschaft now has around 220 members who together have a total of almost 200 hectares of cultivation area. Around 80 percent of the vineyards are managed by around 20 full-time businesses. It is located on the southwest edge of the Kaiserstuhl in the municipality of Vogtsburg in Baden-Württemberg and belongs to the Baden wine-growing region . The best individual layers are called Bischoffinger Steinbuck , Enselberg and Rosenkranz . The soils consist of volcanic weathered rock with a loess-clay layer. Today , Pinot Noir with a share of 45 percent, Pinot Gris with a share of 20 percent, as well as Pinot Blanc , Müller-Thurgau , Gewürztraminer , Muskateller , Chardonnay , Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Sauvignon as well as around 20 other grape varieties with a small share of the area under cultivation and yield. In addition, the member companies produce fine brandies , liqueurs and brandies .

In addition to the necessary processing and storage buildings, the extensive operation on the outskirts includes its own vinotheque and its own hotel. Cellar master Norbert Kuhn is responsible for winemaking, and Thomas Weiler is the managing director.

history

On September 14, 1924, the cooperative was founded by 26 members. After the catastrophic slump in yields caused by phylloxera and the First World War, this was an emergency community that initially ensured livelihoods . Over the years, a powerful community has developed from this, which is regularly recognized by recognized institutions, for example by the DLG for the sixth time in a row as one of the "Top 100" wineries in Germany.

On July 1, 2010 the winegrowers' cooperative merged with the company from Endingen, which had been in competition to date, a smaller partner with 110 hectares of cultivation area. The resolutions were passed at the two annual general meetings on November 24th and 25th, 2010 and apply retrospectively.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Awards. Wine cooperative Bischoffingen-Endingen. At WG-Bischoffingen.de, accessed on August 28, 2019.
  2. ↑ Thomas Rhenisch, Martin Wendel: Now the flat share merger is perfect. In: Badische Zeitung , November 27, 2010. From Badische-Zeitung.de, accessed on August 28, 2019.