Domänenweingut Schloss Schönborn

The family of the Counts of Schönborn, headquartered in Wiesentheid in Franconia (Germany) includes wine even the five business sectors of agriculture, forestry, sawmill, aquaculture and food. Since 1998, the total count will be conducted by Paul von Schönborn. Already from 1349, vineyards in the Rheingau village owned by the noble family of angles are recorded in documents. Thus began the tradition-rich winemaking tradition of the Counts of Schönborn. In Germany, two wineries in the Rheingau and Franconia are operated, both are members of the VDP (Association of German VDP).

The winery Weingut Schloss Schönborn domain lies in the community had on the German home region Rheingau . The vineyards cover 50 hectares of vineyards in many prestigious Rheingau individual layers in the 17 and 18 Century were acquired. These include, for example Baiken (Rauenthal) Berg Schlossberg (Rüdesheim) Domdechaney , Hell and church pieces (Oxford) Höllenberg (Assmannshausen) Klaus (single location, Germany) (Johannisberg), Kläuserweg and Rothenberg (Geisenheim) Marcobrunn (Erbach) Crown (single location, Germany) (Lorch), and Nussbrunnen , Pfaffenberg (single location, Germany) wholly owned and Wisselbrunnen (Hattenheim). They are planted mostly with Riesling (90%) and Pinot Noir and Pinot Blanc. The wines are estate wines in the three lines, and single vineyard wines First Growth markets. Are also produced flaschenvergorene sect. About 70% of the wines are exported.

The second wine of Count Schonborn Castle Hall Castle is located in the municipality Volkach (Main area triangle) in the region Franconia . It is operated since 1806. The vineyards cover 30 hectares of vineyards in the individual layers of Chapel Hill and in sole possession of the castle park (Gaibach), and also in the exclusive possession Schlossberg (single location, Germany) (Castle Hall). They are planted with white varieties Müller-Thurgau, Silvaner, Riesling, Kerner, Bacchus, Rieslaner, Pinot Gris and Gewürztraminer, as well as the red varieties Pinot Noir and Domination. The wines are marketed in the three lines of estate wines, single vineyard wines and wines star. Are also produced flaschenvergorene sect.

Countess Teresa Alvares Pereira Schönborn derived from a fifth-generation family in Portugal near Lisbon Casa Cadaval the family. Some 5,000 hectares of land for farmland, breeding thoroughbred horses Lousitanos and wine production. The vineyards cover 53 hectares of vineyards in the region of Ribatejo , which are planted to 95% with the red varieties Tinta Roriz (Tempranillo), Touriga Nacional, Preta Trincadeira, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir and Merlot. The yield is 45 hl / ha.