Alde Gott Winzer Schwarzwald

“Der Alde Gott lebt noch!” (“The old god still lives!”), according to a legend, during the Thirty Years' War a man, who wandered for days through destroyed villages in the area around Sasbachwalden, cried when he saw a young survivor. Whether the story is true or not, the man's words have left their mark on the wine village of Sasbachwalden. The local winegrowers' cooperative, founded in 1948, bears the name, as does the large single Vineyard also.

Today, 380 winegrowers cultivate 266 hectares of vineyards. The range of dry wines is divided into the lines “Einblick”, “Ausblick” and “Weitblick”. The fruity and noble sweet wines form the “Süße Aussicht” category. In addition to wine, the Sasbachwaldeners also produce excellent spirits, for example from wild cherries and the wild plum Zibärtle.

Although Pinot Noir, which covers 55 percent of the vineyard area, was once the main reason for the cooperative's good reputation, white wines have recently gained ground, while Pinot Noir defies the spirit of the times and does not want to conform to the elegant Burgundian wine type. Is this because customers want it that way, or, as cooperative representatives like to claim, because the climatic conditions in the sun-drenched Alde Gott region are not conducive to the production of less powerful red wines? Whatever the reason is, the wines have improved significantly under the aegis of managing director Günter Lehmann and cellar master Michael Huber.