Saale-Unstrut

Thuringia

With 768 hectares, Saale-Unstrut is the largest of the five smaller German wine growing regions. Although located particularly far north, the vineyards, some of which are picturesquely terraced, find ideal conditions here in the mineral shell limestone soils around Freyburg and Bad Kösen. Müller-Thurgau, Pinot Blanc and Riesling are the most typical regionally produced wines. Equally characteristic is the dry style of vinification for which the wines of the Saale and Unstrut are known. The northernmost vines classified for German quality wine grow in Höhnstedt on the Süßen See.

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Naumburg, Saale-Unstrut, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Weingut U. Lützkendorf

Naumburg OT Bad Kösen, Saale-Unstrut, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Landesweingut Kloster Pforta

Naumburg OT Bad Kösen, Saale-Unstrut, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Weingut Frölich-Hake

Naumburg OT Roßbach, Saale-Unstrut, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Thüringer Weingut Zahn

Großheringen, Saale-Unstrut, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Rotkäppchen-Mumm Sektkellereien

Freyburg/Unstrut, Saale-Unstrut, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Naumburg (Saale), Saale-Unstrut, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Naumburg, Saale-Unstrut, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Kaiserpfalz, Saale-Unstrut, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Weingut Prof. Wartenberg

Naumburg, Saale-Unstrut, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Weinmanufraktur Alte Zuckerfabrik

Laucha, Saale-Unstrut, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Weingut Wolfram Proppe

Löberschütz, Saale-Unstrut, Thuringia, Germany

Weingut Carl-Friedrich L. Walther

An der Poststraße, Saale-Unstrut, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Laucha, Saale-Unstrut, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Herr & Frau Lüttmer Die Winzerei

Querfurt, Saale-Unstrut, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Weingut Bernard Pawis

Freyburg, Saale-Unstrut, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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