Location and landscape
Randersacker lies on the River Main in the southern part of the Main Triangle, immediately adjacent to Würzburg. The settlement developed in the expanded valley delta of the Gerbrunner Grund. The landscape has a dry, warm character. Four steep slopes facing south-west fall down to the Main; the Marsberg is described as a landslide slope in the side valley towards Theilheim.
Winegrowing in Franconia
Winegrowing in Randersacker has been documented since 779 and therefore goes back more than 1,200 years. The municipality has around 200 hectares of vineyard area. The vineyard sites are based on Franconian shell limestone; in the further protected landscape area, Upper Muschelkalk, loess and Lower Keuper are also found. Randersacker belongs to the wine region Franconia, whose protected designation of origin for wine is protected in the European Union.
Sites and wine style
The sites Teufelskeller, Pfülben, Marsberg and Sonnenstuhl are associated with predicate wines. The Pfülben is home to the Altfränkischen Wengert with the historical mixed grape variety Frentsch. Riesling and Traminer are predominant, supplemented by other white and blue grape varieties.
History of winegrowing
Randersacker was first mentioned in an official document in 1123 and was granted market rights in 1451. The first winegrowing school in Franconia was established at the Mönchshof. In the Altfränkischen Wengert, the vines stand on posts rather than modern wire training; the historical copper training predominates, and care is carried out by hand and without mineral fertilisers or pesticides.
