Location and landscape
Bremm is a wine-growing community on a pronounced meander of the Mosel in the Calmont region. The Bremmer Calmont rises about 378 to 380 metres above the village. Its south-facing slopes reach an incline of around 60 to 65 degrees and provide strong sunshine.
Soils and viticulture
The vineyard sites are characterised by weathered slate and clay slate. In the Calmont, greywacke, quartzitic sandstone as well as clayey and quartzitic layers also occur. Horizontal slate walls help keep the soil on the steep slopes.
The community’s vineyard area comprises about 100 hectares. Riesling is the most important grape variety associated with the Bremmer Calmont. Farming the steep slopes is labour-intensive and, according to the German Wine Institute, requires up to 1,800 hours of manual labour per hectare. For the work and the transport of the grapes, monorack railways have been used, among other things, since the 1990s.
Historical reference
Bremm is documented for the year 1051 under the name Brembe. Celtic and Roman settlements are reported for the area; on the summit of the Calmont a Roman sanctuary was found. Historical sources trace wine-growing on the Calmont back to the Roman period, around 2,000 years ago. The vineyards and the land around Bremm were, to a large extent, connected to the Augustinian nuns’ monastery of Stuben, whose former complex is connected to the town’s history as the Abtei Kloster Stuben.
