Ways to wine in the city of Würzburg

Wine tour Wuerzburg

Tips for Würzburg Connoisseurs: This Würzburg wine tour is part of one Enjoyment trip in Franken like a scoop with dumplings or a Franconian sauerbraten. Franconia is one Bavarian Enjoyment region and offers next to Franconian specialties Various types of beer and excellent wines. So what could be more obvious than us on our journey through the Franconian wine country to show the ways to wine in Würzburg? We are led to the wine places in Würzburg by Dorothea Eberlein. In her honor, she is a Würzburger, wine connoisseur and tour guide in her hometown.

 

 

 

Hidden paths to wine in the city of Würzburg

We meet Dorothea Eberlein at the Franconia fountain in front of the residence in the city center. Only a few steps away is the Staatliche Hofkeller. In it we taste the first wine on our wine tour. A sip Thüngersheimer Johannisberg, a location that is edited by the Würzburger Hof cellar. We learn a lot about winegrowing in and around Würzburg. We hear from the first layers as well as from the four types of soil on which the Würzburg wines thrive.

 

 

 

Lively and delicate are the wines that grow on the primary rock at the Lower Main. Earthy and elegant they taste when they thrive on the Muschelkalk in and around Würzburg. Finally, the wines from the Gipskeuper Steigerwald are fruity. The red wines from the Buntsandsteinboden of the Mainviereck taste both luscious and full-bodied. We learn how the prince-bishops of Würzburg earned in the wine trade, just as they built their city with this wealth. In the wine cellar of the State Court Cellar we can guess how great the influence of these church princes was. At least they were not popular, the ecclesiastical gentlemen. They preferred to live in the Marian fortress, which lies outside the city walls on the hill above the city. There they were safe from the population of their city.

 

 

 

For a drink in the "Hockerle"

Its wine bars are as varied as the wine locations of the city of Würzburg. On our walk we leave the Bürgerspital Weinstube on the right. Instead, we go a few steps further to the "Hockerle", a small wine bar that has cult status in Würzburg. "The people of Würzburg come here when they are in town for shopping," Dorothea explains. “Then you get a bottle of wine at the tap. You sit down in the chamber and have a chat with friends. ”There are no fine wines here. "Instead, you always meet people you know," we learn. We take a seat on green-painted wooden benches and try a sip of the house wine. You can get a glass of it - depending on the type - at a price between 2,70 and 3,20 euros per bottle at the counter.

 

 

 

Wine bar for the benefit of the poor in the citizen hospital

Right next door is the wine shop of the Bürgerspital. This already exists since 1316. It was initiated as a charitable foundation for the poor of John and Mergardis of Steren. It was supposed to help the hungry and sick inhabitants of the city. If someone wanted his portion of wine per day in the city of Würzburg, he had to follow strict rules. If you did not follow the instructions, water was mixed into the wine. If that did not help either, the wine ration was canceled. In the meantime the citizen hospital is a place for seniors. However, the strictness of the authorities has given way to enjoyment and well-being. Old and young like to meet in the courtyard of the Bürgerspital for a day in a pleasant environment.

 

 

Bring your own at Maulaffenbäck on the Würzburg wine tour

The sign "Weinstube Maulaffenbäck" tells the story of a Würzburg tradition. However, this is slowly dying out. In the past, the bakers of the city of Würzburg were also allowed to sell wine. The name on the sign expresses this. There were numerous baker's wine bars in the city. The customers brought theirs there snack to wine with her - similar to beer gardens today. However, since the rental and lease prices in the city are now expensive, the bakery economies can no longer afford if their guests consume nothing but a glass of wine. Therefore, they slowly disappear, the old-Franconian bakery wine taverns. The Maulaffenbäck is therefore one of the last of its kind.

 

 

 

Queuing for a kink on the Würzburg wine tour

On the market square we see a long line of people waiting in front of a sausage stand: "Here's the kink," laughs Dorothea Eberlein. "The Würzburg answer to the Regensburg, Nuremberg and Vienna sausages." It was invented by master butcher Karl Knüpfling, who sold them mainly at his stand on the Würzburg market square. Until he fell victim to the sausage. In 2006, the inventor suffocated the nodded man trying to repair a fat cutter while making his sausage. However, his invention is still popular today. The long queue proves it.

 

 

We reserve the taste of this Würzburg sausage specialty for another visit to Würzburg and let us instead taste wild boar ham, spicy salami and mountain cheese to the Würzburg wine.

 

 

Exquisite Würzburg wines from the Juliusspital on the Würzburg wine tour

Our paths to wine lead past Rococo buildings and town houses in the Balthasar Neumann style to the Juliusspital. Similar to the Bürgerspital, which we see at the beginning of our wine tour through Würzburg, the Juliusspital was founded as a foundation for the poor and the sick. Initiator of this donation was the Würzburg prince bishop Julius Echter of Mespelbrunn (1545 - 1617). He simply bought the Judengarten in front of the city and declared it a building plot. To this day, the proceeds of the winery belonging to the foundation contribute to the financing of the clinic and the seniors' congregation.

 

 

The quality of these wines is also due to the splendor of this hospital. Its splendor dwarfs the idyllic ambience of the Bürgerspital. The winery of the Juliusspital Foundation is also Germany's second largest winery with an acreage of 177 hectares. Its vineyards are among the most prestigious vineyards in Franconia. In addition, the winery is one of the VDP.Prädikatsweingüter Germany and thus belongs to the best wineries in the country. In the wine bars Juliusspital opposite the hospital we can taste one of the wines - with homemade sausage and white bread. Typically Würzburg, so!

 

 

With the view from the Old Main Bridge to the Marienberg Fortress on the hill on the other Main We finally say goodbye to Dorothea Eberlein after an enjoyable guided tour through the city of Würzburg. If you want to experience the Würzburg wine yourself, you can join one of Dorothea's guided tours.

 

 

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Text Würzburg Wine Tour: © Copyright Monika Fuchs, TravelWorldOnline
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