Winery of the city Alzey

Neo-Gothic chapels and a church roof made from vines

A chapel on a mountain. That's how easy it is to explain some of the vineyard names. Is it not? It can be read that a chapel once stood on the mountain. Today, the chapel "Zum Heiligen Blut" - part of the neo-Gothic Villa Heiligenblut complex - can indeed be found on the edge of the single vineyard. However, it was only built in 1890. Built or planted even later: the "Weinkirche", a church made of vines. The romantic crenellated round tower was built in 1887 as a lookout tower and belongs - like the chapel - to the Hannemann winery. Worth experiencing and visiting at any time: the Weinheimer Trift, an archaeologically significant site. A wide variety of grape varieties grow here on loess and Rotliegend. 

> Information about the Chapel of the Holy Blood: https://www.regionalgeschichte.net/rheinhessen/weinheim/kulturdenkmaeler/kapelle-hl-blut.html 
> The chapel can be rented as a venue and place for civil weddings: https://www.weingut-heiligenblut.de/veranstaltungsort-kapelle.html 
> Info about the wine church and many more projects: https://www.pro-weinheim.com/ 
> Info about the lookout tower on the St. Blood Mountain: https://www.weindorfweinheim.com/aussichtsturm-auf-dem-hl-blutberg  
> Round trip Weinheimer Bucht with natural monument "Weinheimer Trift": https://www.rheinhessen.de/kuestenweg-rheinhessen-rundweg-weinheimer-bucht
> Rheinhessen blog: https://blog.rheinhessen.de/der-kustenweg-in-alzey-weinheim/

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Red, white, yellow and and vineyard cottage.

There are two possible interpretations for the name’s origin: one option is that the term is based on a deforestation (German: “Rodung”). Obviously, an old area was cleared here, trees were felled and their roots removed. However, the name could also be derived from the colour red (German: “rot”), because the core area in the site consists of red topsoil, oxidised volcanic rock. There even is a song in Alzey, referring to the old site name Rotental (now part of the entire single vineyard): The song describes the single vineyard “Rotental”, where viney grow and claims that no real person coming from Alzey can live without wine. In addition to volcanic rock, there are also yellow-coloured loess soils and white limestone rocks. The single vineyard "Alzeyer Rotenfels" is south-facing and warm. The numerous vineyard cottages invite you to take a walk and rest. All grape varieties are grown here.

• Discover the single vineyard site via "Alzeyer Kunst- und Kulturwanderweg" (Alzey Art and Culture Trail)
• Rheinhessen blog