Winery Oswald

Blooming heath on the winemaker’s alp

Like a horn, a pointed mountain, this single vineyard stands out in the landscape, hence the name. The addition "Gold" stands - as always when it comes to vineyard names - for the high esteem in which it is held. Here you will find a varied terroir, sloping and flat sites, loess or volcanic rock (Rigosol) as well as different wind and sun orientations for the most diverse grape varieties. From Riesling and Silvaner to Pinot Noir or Portugieser. On the hilltop, the pink blooming heath beckons in late summer. The best way to get there is via the "Hiwweltour Heideblick". At the Winzer-Alm, wine is served when the flag is flying. The magnificent panoramic view was voted "Rheinhessen's most beautiful wine view" in 2016.

> To the Hiwweltour Heideblick: https://www.rheinhessen.de/hiwweltour-heideblick
> Info about the most beautiful wine view: https://www.deutscheweine.de/tourismus/schoenste-weinsichten/weinsichten-detailseite/winesight/show/rheinhessen-blick-von-der-winzeralm-bei-siefersheim-1/
> Top 10 viewpoints on hiking trails: https://blog.rheinhessen.de/10-schoensten-aussichten-wanderwegen-rheinhessen/ 
> To the other sites of Siefersheim: Heerkretz and Höllberg
> Rheinhessen blog: https://blog.rheinhessen.de/wanderbericht-hiwweltour-heideblick/ 

Ryolite on a gentle to steep slope

A wooded vineyard slope, sheltered from the wind by the Siefersheimer Horn in the west. The vineyard was first documented in 1532 with the name "in der hellen". “Hölle” refers to a gentle slope, a widespread field name in west-central Germany. With a gradient of up to 30 percent, one can certainly speak of a steep slope here in some places. Rhyolite, a magnetic rock, makes the wines unique. Riesling and Silvaner make the soil particularly palatable. The vineyard borders the Appelbach stream and the hiking trail “Märchenpfad” (engl. fairytale path) that runs along it. The coastal path circles the single vineyard.

> Hiking trails and refreshments: https://www.siefersheim.de/tourismus/wanderwege/ 
> To the other vineyards of Siefersheim: Goldenes Horn and Heerkretz
> Other single vineyard sites with the name Hölle: Gundersheimer Höllenbrand, Ingelheimer Höllenweg

The smallest and possibly most idyllic single vineyard in Alsheim.

The vineyard was first mentioned in a document in 1720 under the name "im Fischerpfadt". The single vineyard is about five kilometres away from the river Rhein. Fishermen once took this route, coming from the village of Wintersheim. The single vineyard is the smallest, but possibly the most idyllic in Alsheim. It is located directly by the district of Hangen-Wahlheim - with only ten houses, old trees and the remains of an old church for Maria Magdalena. The table of wine invites you to a picnic with a panoramic view of the Rhine valley. The vineyards are characterised by deep loess soil. Riesling, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc and other grape varieties grow here.

• Discover the other single vineyard of Alsheim: Frühmesse 
• SWR report on Hangen-Wahlheim 

Standing out

Framersheimer Hornberg, Ingelheimer Horn, Siefersheimer Goldenes Horn. The vineyard name with the suffix "Horn" is popular because it denotes protruding corners of a plateau. But there is ony thing that only Framersheim has: a 7-way labyrinth on the eastern tip of the Horn, built from 350 tonnes of limestone boulders. The curves there go back and forth, but never astray. At a height of about 280 metres, you can enjoy the view of the Odenwald (east), Kloppberg (south), Donnersberg (west) and Taunus with the Rhine plain (north). Clay marl forms the soil for numerous grape varieties.

> Discover the single vineyard by bike via Mühlen-Radweg.
Framersheim is the starting or end point.

https://www.rheinhessen.de/radrouten-rheinhessen/muehlen-radweg
> More information about the Labyrinth Square. It is freely accessible.
https://www.framersheim.de/fa/tourismus/labyrinth.php
> On the photos you can also see: the water house (fenced) 

Scratchy winegrowers, running armies, wonderful wines 

There are soils that are easy to work, for example loess. And then there are soils that challenge the winegrower. In this very high single vineyard, the soil has to be literally scratched, hence the name "Kretz". Responsible for this: the hard and rugged rhyolite rock or porphyry (a light-coloured, magmatic rock of the Rotliegende) with scree slopes and quarries. This particular soil is very rare in Rheinhessen (one percent). Very famous top Rieslings and Pinot Noirs thrive here. The "Alte Heerstraße" (Old Army Road) runs along the foot of the mountain, hence the double name "Heerkretz". Hikers travel along the "Küstenweg Rheinhessen" (Rheinhessen Coastal Trail) into the earth-historical past of Rheinhessen and pass numerous highlights, for example the Ajax Tower, and rest at the Lavendeleck.

> Info about the coastal path: https://www.rheinhessen.de/kuestenwege-rheinhessen/kuestenweg-rheinhessen-rundweg-siefersheim-woellstein-neu-bamberg 
> Info on the Ajax Tower: https://www.rheinhessen.de/a-ajax-turm 
> Hiking trails and refreshments: https://www.siefersheim.de/tourismus/wanderwege/ 
> To the other sites of Siefersheim: Goldenes Horn and Höllberg