Above: The vineyards of Wehlener Sonnenuhr, located in the Mosel valley, Germany.

Sonnenuhr

The German word Sonnenuhr means “sundial“, and for any wine lover it’s a good word to know. Several of Germany’s top vineyards are called Sonnenuhr vineyards, and since German wines usually name the vineyard site, you’ll see this word on the label.

For example, the villages of Zelting, Bernkastel, and Urzig all have Sonnenuhr vineyards. The reason is historic. During the early Middle Ages, monks carefully positioned a sundial on the hill above a village so that it would catch every beam of available light. The purpose was to determine the exact area on the hill where, each year, the snow melted first. Over time, the area around the sundial became known as the sundial vineyard, and the grapes from this vineyard, of course, also benefited from their sunny position. Thus, even today, wines from a Sonnenuhr vineyard tend to be riper and richer than wines from vineyards nearby.

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德國的字sonnenuhr手段“日晷” ，和任何愛酒這是一個很好的字知道。幾個德國的頂端葡萄園，被稱為sonnenuhr葡萄園，由於德國葡萄酒的名稱，通常葡萄園的網站，您會看到這兩個字就標籤。

舉例來說，村莊zelting ， bernkastel ，和烏爾齊希都有sonnenuhr葡萄園。原因是歷史性的。在早在中世紀，僧侶仔細定位一日晷對山以上的村，以便它會趕上每束可用輕。其目的是為了確定其確切的面積上山的地方，每年積雪融化第一。隨著時間的推移, 周圍地區的日晷，成為眾所周知的，作為日晷的葡萄園，葡萄從這個葡萄園，當然，也得益於他們有陽光的位置。因此，即使到了今天，葡萄酒從sonnenuhr的葡萄園，往往被riper和更豐富的比葡萄酒，從葡萄園附近。