Wine has been cultivated at Eberbach Monastery in Eltville i..
Added 2025-05-13 16:02:45 +0000 UTCWine has been cultivated at Eberbach Monastery in Eltville in the Rheingau since the end of the 15th century, as winegrowing was one of the monks' main occupations outside of their prayer times. What was initially intended for personal consumption soon developed into a sought-after commodity that secured the future and prosperity of the monastery.
In the wine barrels of the Domäne Steinberg in one of the pictures, fine wines from one of the most valuable monopole vineyards in the world (similar to my beloved Scharzhofberg on the Saar) once matured.
You can see original wine presses in the old walls. Wow. What a sight for wine lovers.
Today, Weingut Kloster Eberbach owns top vineyards in both Hessian wine-growing regions, in the Rheingau and also on the Hessische Bergstraße.
"Vinum delectat et laetifi cat cor hominum" is written in Latin script on wine press no. 9 - which means "wine delights and gladdens the hearts of the human" (if I, as a completely non-Latin speaker, translate this correctly). How true, how true 😍
Kisses 😘
