Siebengebirge (Wine District)


The Siebengebirge wine growing district is part of the Mittelrhein wine growing region and is made up entirely of the Petersberg site. The district is named for the Siebengebirge mountain range, located within the municipal boundaries of Bad Honnef and Königswinter.
The acreage under cultivation once exceeded 500 hectares, of which today only about 20 hectares remain.

Vineyards

The site comprises nine vineyards, located in the towns of Niederdollendorf and Oberdollendorf, Königswinter proper, Rhöndorf and Beuel.
The vineyards of Sülzenberg, Laurentiusberg and Rosenhügel cover the western slope of the Dollendorfer Hardt hill on a soil made up of loam and loess on greywacke. The vineyards of Goldfüßchen, Heisterberg and Longenburgerberg in neighbouring Niederdollendorf have a sandy loam base.
The largest vineyards by far are on the slopes of the Drachenfels, with one vineyard located in Königswinter and one in Rhöndorf. They are characterized by trachytic and stony clay soil. A small vineyard on the right bank of the Rhine has a gravel and sand loam soil.
The vineyards of Goldfüßchen and Longenburgerberg are currently not under cultivation. The Heisterberg vineyard which had been left idle since the 80's has only recently been re-cultivated. The Petersberg after which the site is named does not have any vineyards anymore although the Heisterberg vineyard is located on the Kellerberg which is generally considered as one of its foothills.
VineyardAreaElevation
Rosenhügel387–140
Rheinaue150–60
Laurentiusberg272–132
Sülzenberg384–143
Goldfüßchen174–134
Longenburgerberg468–136
Heisterberg278–136
Drachenfels1257–137
Drachenfelss.o.57–138