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This posting is the 15th in a series of postings related to the Vinum Weinguide Deutschland 2024:
Climbers: Weingut Schloss Johannisberg (Rheingau) and Weingut Rings (Pfalz) Join Group of 5/ 5 Stars Winemakers in the Vinum Weinguide Deutschland 2024
Vinum Weinguide Deutschland 2024 Awards: Dörte + Meike Näkel, Weingut Meyer Näkel (Winemaker of the Year), Andy + Steffen Rings, Weingut Rings (Rising Star of the Year), Martin Prüm, Weingut Martin Prüm (Discovery of the Year)
Best Wines of the Year - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland 2024
Top 10 Wines of the Year 2023 - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland 2024
Ahr: The Top Winemakers - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2024
Baden: The Top Winemakers - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2024
Franken: The Top Winemakers - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2024
Hessische Bergstrasse: The Top Winemakers - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2024
Mittelrhein: The Top Winemakers - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2024
Mosel: The Top Winemakers - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2024
Nahe: The Top Winemakers - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2024
Pfalz: The Top Winemakers - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2024
Rheingau: The Top Winemakers - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2024
Rheinhessen: The Top Winemakers - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2024
Saale Unstrut: The Top Winemakers - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2024
Sachsen: The Top Winemakers - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2024
Württemberg: The Top Winemakers - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2024
Saale-Ustrut - Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2024
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the Saale-Unstrut region, there are 2 producers with 3.5 stars, 3 producers with 3 stars and 2 producers with 2 stars in the Vinum WeinGuide Deutschland/ Germany 2024.
Annette Schiller, ombiasy WineTours, and I have met 6 of the 7 producers at various occasions over the past years, often at their estate during a Germany wine tour by ombiasy WineTours, which is owned and run by Annette Schiller and based in Washington DC, USA.
(London Wine Competition)
The German wine region of Saale-Unstrut, located almost entirely
within the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt, is defined primarily by two
rivers – the Saale and the Unstrut. It is also the northernmost of all
of Germany’s wine regions, meaning that the most popular wines here are
those that thrive in cooler climates.
In terms of white and red wines, white grape varietals account for
nearly three-quarters (74%) of all wine production in Saale-Unstrut. The
most popular white grape varietals include Müller-Thurgau (18.4%),
Pinot Blanc (12.1%), Silvaner (8.3%) and Blauer Portugieser (6.7%).
Popular red varietals include Dornfelder (7.3%).
Unlike in many of Germany’s other wine regions, Riesling wines do not
account for the dominant share of wine production. According to the
most recent available estimates, Riesling only accounts for 7.3% of all
wines from this region.
Due to the cooler climate and shorter growing season, wines from
Saale-Unstrut are known for their acidity, which many wine drinkers
describe as refreshing. Many of the most popular vineyards are growing
along the hill slopes of the river valleys.
Winemaking in Saale-Unstrut has existed since the 990s, when the Memleben Abbey was a famed producer of white wines. As in other areas of Germany, wine villages along the major river valleys sprung up in response to the demand for wines. Saale-Unstrut, though, has been largely overshadowed by other larger and more popular German wine regions, such as Mosel. In 1993, the Burgenlandkreis district within Saale-Unstrut opened a wine route for tourists to sample the wines of this northern German wine region.
Pictures: Tour and Tasting at Weingut Pawis (VDP) in Freyburg, Saale-Unstrut, with Christian Pawis - Germany "From Berlin to Frankfurt" 2023 (Saale Unstrut, Sachsen, Franken, Württemberg) by ombiasy WineTours
Pictures: Christian Schiller with Bernhard Pawis at Weingut Pawis in the Saale Unstrut Region
Picture: Christian Schiller and Kerstin Pawis at Weingut Pawis: Riesling!!!
Klaus Böhme - 3/5 Stars
Picture: Christian Schiller and Ina Paris. See: Weingut Klaus Boehme in Saale Unstrut in Germany
Pictures: Tasting at Weingut Gussek in Naumburg, Saale-Unstrut, with André Gussek - Germany "From
Berlin to Frankfurt" 2023 (Saale Unstrut, Sachsen, Franken, Württemberg)
by ombiasy WineTours
Picture: Winzerhof Gussek in the Saale Unstrut Region: Cellar Tour, Vineyard Tour and Tasting with Owner and Winemaker André Gussek – Germany-North Wine Tour by ombiasy (2014)
Hey - 3/5 Stars
Pictures: Visiting Weingut Hey- See: Germany-East Tour 2018 by ombiasy WineTours: Wine, Art, Culture, History - Berlin, Saale-Unstrut, Sachsen, Württemberg, Franken
Fröhlich-Hake - 2/5 Stars
Picture: Wine Tasting Lunch at Weingut Frölich-Hake in Naumburg-Rossbach, Saale-Unstrut, Germany, with Sandra Hake – Germany-East Tour 2017 by ombiasy WineTours
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Invitation: Exploring the Pinot Grapes of Germany: Red, White, Gray - German Wine Society (Washington DC), Saturday, March 23, 2024 at 7:00 pm
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Château Haut-Bailly, Graves, Appellation Pessac-Léognan, Grand Cru Classé, with Cellar Master Jean Christoph - Bordeaux Tour 2022 by
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2022 Annual Riesling Party at the Schiller Residence in McLean, Virginia, USA
Massive Tasting of Bordeaux 1982 - the Vintage that made Robert Parker a Star, USA/ France
Carl Willner, Christian Schiller and Ken Bensley of the German Wine Society/ Washington DC Chapter (Re-)elected to the National Board, USA, Germany
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Christian Schiller: Re-elected to the Board of the "Weinfeder", the Association of German Wine Journalists
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German Wine Tasting at the German Embassy in Washington DC, USA, Presented by Annette Schiller
2024 Annual Meeting of the Weinfreundeskreis Hochheim, a 45 Years Old Wine Brotherhood in the Famous Wine Village Hochheim, Rheingau, Germany, with Annette Schiller, Founding Member, and Christian Schiller
German Wine Society (Capital Chapter) Membership Meeting 2024: Carl Willner Re-elected President and Christian Schiller Re-elected Vice-president, USA/ Germany