Bergsträßer Winzer eG

Otto Guthier

Winegrowers Association "Bergsträßer Winzer eG" located in the town of Heppenheim in the German wine-growing area Hessian Mountain Road was founded in 1904 as "Starkenburger winemakers association". Until 1960 the building served the economy Kurmainzer official court as a permanent establishment before the year 1959 the foundation stone was laid for a new, modern winery and farm buildings on the Darmstadt road. The managing director is Otto Guthier, winemaker Gerhard Weiss and Dirk Herdner. Today, 470 members cultivate along the mountain road 268 hectares, or nearly 60% of the cultivated area. A few winemakers in the neighboring communities growing region of Baden (Germany) are also traubenanliefernde members. The individual layers in the region Hessian Mountain Road: Schöntal (Alsbach), Prince camp and Höllberg (Auerbach), Hemsberg, Kalkgasse , Paul and String Ling (Bensheim), Eckweg, Gulden inch Maiberg, Stemmler and Steinkopf (Heppenheim), and Old Castle and Stone rubble (Zwingenberg). The individual layers in the region Baden: Mr. Wingert (Hemsbach) Sonnberg (Lauder), and Stephan Berg (Hohensachsen and Lützelsachsen).

The vineyards are processed by natural factors, for example, belongs to a natural Greening , environmentally friendly nutrition and crop protection nützlingsschonender. A limited amount of pruning and careful cultivation of the vines give low yields of only 78 hectoliters per hectare in the long term average. With 135 hectares (50%) dominates the vineyards of Riesling white wine, followed by Muller-Thurgau (Rivaner), Pinot Gris (Pinot Grigio), Silvaner and Kerner. When the red varieties Pinot Noir dominated with 49 hectares (18%) of vineyards, followed by Saint Laurent, Dornfelder, Frühburgunder and Merlot. 75% of the wines are dry. Specialties are sweet wines of selection to Trockenbeerenauslese and Eiswein. Every year about 1.8 million bottles are produced. The extensive archive includes about 12,000 bottles of wine from a top vintage 1959th It will also produce sparkling wines and sparkling wines flaschenvergorene.