Weinähr

Weinähr lies in a broad valley of the Gelbach, about one kilometre above its confluence with the Lahn. Together with Obernhof, the village is one of the Lahn wine locations in the protected wine-growing region Mittelrhein. The vineyards on the Gelbach and the Lahn form a small, self-contained wine-growing landscape with favourable climatic conditions for viticulture.

The Giebelhöll is a small-scale vineyard site on Quaternary loess loam. The soils associated with it consist of deep, silty loam, store water well, are sufficiently well drained and rich in nutrients, but they warm up slowly. In the vineyard register, Giebelhöll is listed as an approved single vineyard in the Mittelrhein area and within the Großlage Lahntal, with 1.6 hectares of planted vine area.

Giebelhöll is currently the only Weinähr single vineyard under ongoing cultivation, apart from a small part-time wine-growing vineyard. In a documented community vineyard, Riesling and Müller-Thurgau were initially planted; after clearing the previous stock-vine vineyard in winter 2019/2020, new vines were planted in spring 2021. For this, around 750 vines each of the varieties Souvignier gris and Cabernet Cortis were put into the ground.

The documented cultivation includes, among other things, mulching, hoeing, mowing, tying in, suckering out, leaf work, pruning of the vines, as well as frost, wildlife and planting protection. Care between the vines is carried out mechanically with a rolling hoe; no herbicide was required for this task. Riesling from the established vines was developed in winter 2020/2021 into a gently off-dry wine. The Cabernet-Cortis grapes were harvested in August 2025 and processed by the project members.

Viticulture on the Lahn has been documented since the 13th century. Historically, the vineyards extended between Limburg and Lahnstein over about 100 hectares. The place name Weinähr is associated with the Latin designation Anara for the Gelbach; the forms Sygelanre, Siegelähr and Weynähr have also been handed down.