Location and affiliation
Weingarten (Pfalz) is a municipality in the Southern Palatinate (Südpfalz) in the district of Germersheim in Rhineland-Palatinate and belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Lingenfeld. The municipality is located in the wine-growing region Pfalz.
Schloßberg vineyard site
The cadastral area of Weingarten (Pfalz) includes the vineyard site Schloßberg. It is registered as a single site (Einzellage) in the larger site Trappenberg within the wine-growing area Southern Wine Route (Südliche Weinstraße). The 2024 vineyard area register lists 45.3 hectares for Schloßberg.
Climate in the wine-growing region
For the wine-growing region Pfalz, an average annual temperature of about 10 °C, a mean temperature of the growing season of 14.7 °C, an annual rainfall of about 655 millimetres, and rainfall during the growing season of about 390 millimetres are given.
History and historic grape varieties
Wine-growing in Weingarten was already of importance at the time of the first documented mention in the year 771. The first recorded name is Wingarda; the municipality is described as being more than 1,200 years old. At the Schlossberg, a conservation vineyard is maintained with more than 90 historically established grape varieties, which were collected from old vineyards in Central Europe. From this archive, hand-harvested vintage wines are produced.
