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Late frosts caused severe damage to the vineyards in Saxony's Elbe Valley. Despite a second flowering, significantly fewer grapes ripened as expected - but one hope of the winegrowers was fulfilled.
Late frosts caused severe damage to the vineyards in Saxony's Elbe Valley. Despite a second flowering, significantly fewer grapes ripened as expected - but one hope of the winegrowers was fulfilled.
In 2023, the weather required a turbo harvest in just a few weeks. In 2024, it took longer. But the capricious weather is also causing problems for winegrowers.
Late frost has left severe damage in the vineyards of Saxony's Elbe Valley. Despite a second flowering, significantly fewer grapes are ripening on the vines - the first ones are now being harvested.
Stellagen and terraced vineyards characterize the cultural landscape of Dresden's Elbe Valley. Created at the beginning of the 17th century, the vineyards are architectural monuments, tourist magnets and the basis for elegant wines.
The vineyards in Saxony's Elbe Valley have green leaves and the vines have sprouted again after the late frost. However, fruit is rare, depending on the location - but there could be top wines.
The Saxon cabinet has approved aid for fruit and wine growers affected by frost damage. A total of 22 million euros is available for this and next year.
The number of small winegrowers in Saxony continues to decline. As the State Environment Agency announced in Dresden on Friday, more than 2000 of them have thrown in the towel in the past 20 years. While there were 3652 small winegrowers in 2007, by 2023 there were only 1301. One reason for this is ..
In the freezing cold, employees of the Meißen winegrowers' cooperative harvested frozen grapes for ice wine on Tuesday night. Grapes of the Cabernet Blanc variety were harvested on around 3000 square meters at just under minus eleven degrees, as the cooperative announced. Temperatures of at least mi ..
From a national perspective, this year's grape harvest will probably be rather average. However, eastern German winegrowers are expecting better yields than in previous years.
After almost seven weeks, most of the grapes in Saxony's Elbe Valley are in the cellar. The harvest nourishes hopes of the winegrowers for a crowning of the wine year - which was again challenging.
The sales bans on Saxon wines that contained residues of an insecticide that is illegal in Germany were unlawful. The maximum content of the pesticide dimethoate had not been set in the maximum residue limit regulation issued by the Federal Ministry, but in an EU regulation, justified on Thursday th ..
The Federal Administrative Court will announce a decision Thursday on a ban on the sale of wines containing residues of an unapproved insecticide.