Germany "From Berlin to Frankfurt" 2023 (Saale Unstrut, Sachsen,
Franken, Württemberg) by ombiasy WineTours took place from Monday, June
19, 2023 to Thursday, June 29, 2023.
In the Saale-Unstrut region, we visited 5 wineries: Weingut Born in Salzatal-Höhnstedt, Weingut Herr & Frau Lüttmer, Landesweingut Kloster Pforta in Bad Kösen, Weingut Pawis (VDP) in Freyburg and Weingut Gussek in Naumburg.
Weingut Pawis in Freyburg is a leading producer in the Saale Unstrut region. We have visited Weingut Pawis already a number of times. The Pawis family has a fascinating story to tell how Bernhard and Kerstin Pawis managed from a few hectars to a rather large estate now located in the historic Zscheiplitz estate, close to Freyburg.
This time, Christian Pawis, the son of Bernhard and Kerstin who is slated to take over the winery, was our host. We were greeted by Christian and Kerstin. Bernhard joint us during the tour for a few minutes.
The historic Zscheiplitz estate, a former monastery, lies on the picturesque hill of the Zscheiplitzer Martinsberg. Christian took us to the place of the estate where you have an impressive view of the Unstrut valley with the town of Freyburg. Coming back from there, we stopped at the Brunnenhäuschen/ fountain house, which has a 500 year old, 90 metre deep fountain in the guest area. Before sitting down for a formal tasting, Christian showed us an exhibition of photos telling the story of Weingut Pawis, from GDR time to today.
Annette and I have visited Weingut Pawis several time, for the first time in 2011:
Weingut Pawis in Saale Unstrut, Germany (2011)
Weingut Pawis in the Saale Unstrut Region: Tour and Wine Tasting with Marcus Pawis – Germany-East Tour 2017 by ombiasy WineTours
Weingut Pawis in the Saale Unstrut Region: Wine Tasting with Marcus Pawis – Germany-East Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours
Picture: Christian Schiller with Bernhard Pawis
at Weingut Pawis in 2011
Einheit Wine - Michael Apitz, Weingut Josef Spreitzer (West) and Weingut Pawis (East), with Christian Pawis
At the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the German Re-unification, Weingut Pawis (in the former East Germany) and Weingut Spreitzer (in the former West Germany) created a wine called Einheit, jointly with an art project of Michael Apitz. In 2020, the Einheit wine won the "Preis der Deutschen
Weinkritik"/ German Wine Critics' Prize. Christian Pawis was at the award ceremony to represent Weingut Pawis.
See: Weinfeder Award Ceremony at Weingut Spreitzer, September 2020: Wine Personality of the Year/ Georg Prinz zur Lippe, Weingut Schloss Proschwitz and German Wine Critics' Prize/ EINHEIT, Michael Apitz, Weingut Josef Spreitzer (Rheingau) and Weingut Pawis (Saale Unstrut), Germany
Weingut Pawis (VDP) in Freyburg, Saale-Unstrut
Weingut Pawis – owned and run by Bernhard Pawis - is located in the historic Zscheiplitz estate, established in the 12th century as a convent, close to Freyburg. It is a gorgeous set-up, but as Bernhard Pawis told us, under the communist regime that did not allow private entrepreneurship, the then-nationalized estate was completely run down and renovation was a major undertaking.
Bernhard Pawis is a trained winemaker, educated in the former German Democratic Republic in a VEB (volkseigener Betrieb / company owned by the people) winery. Shortly after the Iron Curtain came down in 1989, Bernhard’s parents bought 0.5 hectares of vineyard land and founded a small winery. Following the death of his father in 1998, Bernhard took over the reins, undertook major investments, bought more land and the Zscheiplitz Estate, and paid detailed attention to quality.
In 2001 he received the highest reward for his efforts when he was invited to join the VDP, Germany’s Association of Premium Winemakers , with only about 200 members.
The VDP membership put Weingut Pawis on Germany’s wine map and the winery Bernhard had constructed 10 years ago reached capacity limits. Bernard moved again, this time to something grand, the historic Estate Zscheiplitz. The former feudal Estate Zscheiplitz was completely run-down and required a major renovation effort.
Since May 2007, the Weingut Pawis is
based at the Zscheiplitz Estate in Freyburg-Zscheiplitz.
Arriving
We were greeted by Christian and Kerstin Pawis.
Tour
Bernard Pawis:My father grew the winery from a small side business after the fall of the Berlin Wall. After a period of rapid development, we are now located in a self-refurbished monastery estate. The Mediterranean-like ambience inspires our guests. The former monastery estate lies on the picturesque hill of the Zscheiplitzer Martinsberg. The view from the 1000-year-old monastery church to the wine-growing town of Freyburg and the Neuenburg Castle (a sister to the Wartburg Castle) is impressively beautiful. Another attraction is our fountain house, inaugurated in 2015, that has a 500 year old, 90 metre deep fountain in the guest area and five attentively renovated holiday apartments.
Tasting with Christian Pawis
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