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The rivers and the wine characterize the Saale-Unstrut region. The 500 passionate winegrowers of the Freyburg-Unstrut winegrowers' association, which was founded 78 years ago, make sure of this. Whether they own large areas or just a few vines behind the house, the members between Höhnstedt, Freyburg and Jena take their task seriously. The wine comes from a total of around 360 hectares of vines. As the largest wine producer in the new federal states, the winegrowers' association is also a committed landscape conservationist. The members work in harmony with nature and give the riverbanks stability and dignity. In return, they have mineral, heat-retaining soils that provide the vines with a nutrient-rich livelihood - perfect conditions for expressive wines. Over a thousand years of tradition are effortlessly combined with state-of-the-art technology in the cellar. Computer-assisted fermentation tanks mean that the large wooden barrel still holds its own. The winegrowers' association inherited one of the largest and most beautiful wooden barrel cellars in Germany from its founders, and the stock is still being constantly expanded today. The cellar master Hans-Albrecht Zieger sets the standards for the work in the vineyards as well as for the development in the cellar and thus produces exciting, multi-faceted wines at the highest level. Numerous annual awards and steady growth in demand underline their quality and popularity with customers.
