Landesweingut Kloster Pforta GmbH

Christian Kloss

The "Kloster Pforta country" is in the town of Bad Kosen-hall houses in the German region Saale-Unstrut . In the year 1137 were Cistercian on the north side of the hall slopes down near Naumburg and founded the monastery of St. Mary ad Portam (St. Mary's to the gate). Already in 1154 had the Köppel mountain was the first vineyard of the monastery a written reference. The plant has developed into one of the richest monasteries in eastern Thuringia region. There were over 192 varieties estate with 260 acres of vineyards. The end of the monastery came in the 16th Century with the Reformation. The roots of today's wine estate go back to the Augustinian monks of the monastery Naumburg Moritz. These cultured in the 14th Century Saalebogen between Bad Kosen and Naumburg Saale vineyards on the northwestern shore. For the vineyard working monks to house a hermitage was built, of which the term "hall house" is derived. In the GDR, the plant had the status of a state-owned winery. This was after the reunification in 1993 adopted as the state of Saxony-Anhalt and reduced the vineyards. The cellars and storerooms were laid back in 2002 in the historic hall building houses.

It is a model and demonstration winery with the aim of the vineyards along the Saale and Unstrut encourage and support. Managing Director since early 2006, Christian Kloss, Butler Giso Roesch. The vineyards cover 51 hectares of vineyards in the individual layers Dean Berg wholly owned (Goseck) Köppel mountain (School gate), Paradise (single location, Germany) (Naumburg) and wholly owned Hall houses (Bad Kosen). They are the white varieties Müller-Thurgau (10 ha), Silvaner (6 ha), Riesling (6 ha), Pinot Blanc (5,5 ha), Traminer, Bacchus, Kerner, Chasselas, Huxelrebe, Pinot Gris and Irsai Oliver, and the Portuguese red wines (5 ha), Blauer Zweigelt, Pinot Noir, André, Dornfelder and Regent planted. The wines are sold in three quality lines of varietal wines, single vineyard wines and wines Edition. In the cellar of the winery is also the development of the wines from the Werder Mountain Quail in Brandenburg.