Staatliche Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Wein- und Obstbau Weinsberg (English: State Education and Research Institute for Viticulture and Pomology Weinsberg) (LVWO) is a training and research institute for wine and fruit growing located in the town of

Weinsberg Weinsberg (South Franconian: ''Weischberg'') is a town in the north of the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It was founded around 1200 and is situated in the Heilbronn district. The town has about 13,000 inhabitants. It is noted for its win ...

in Heilbronn district,

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Founded as Königliche Weinbauschule (Royal School of Viticulture Institute) in 1868, it is the oldest German wine and fruit growing school. The founder was Immanuel Dornfeld. It was given its name on 4 November 1952. In 1901 LVWO established a laboratory for wine and fruit growing that in 1924 joined the educational institution. The institution manages diverse fruits and vineyard goods. Vine breeding began in 1907 at the Württemberg Institute for Grapevine Breeding and Grafting in Offenau (from 1926 with an office in Lauffen am Neckar). The Grapevine Breeding Institute was connected in 1947 to LVWO.

August Herold August Karl Herold (August 7, 1902 in Neckarsulm – January 8, 1973 in Neckarsulm) was a German grape breeder. Herold graduated from the Agricultural College Hohenheim in 1925, worked at a grape breeding station in Naumburg 1926–1928 a ...

produced several grape varieties, including

Helfensteiner Helfensteiner is a dark-skinned German wine grape crossing of the species ''Vitis vinifera'', that was created in 1931 with the crossing of Frühburgunder (Pinot Précoce noir) and Trollinger (Schiava Grossa). It was created by August Herold ...

Heroldrebe Heroldrebe is a red German wine grape variety produced by crossing Blauer Portugieser and Lemberger. It was created by August Herold at the grape breeding institute in Weinsberg in the Württemberg region in 1929, and was named after him. ...

(named after him),

Dornfelder Dornfelder () is a dark-skinned variety of grape of Germany, German origin used for red wine.

(named for the school's founder) and Kerner. The

Istituto Agrario di San Michele all’Adige The Edmund Mach Foundation, formerly the ''Istituto Agrario di San Michele all’Adige'' (IASMA), is an agrarian institution and wine academy located in Trentino in north-east Italy. It was founded in 1874, when the Tyrolean Diet at Innsbruck de ...

San Michele all'Adige San Michele all'Adige (Gallo-Italic languages, Trentino dialect: ''Samichél''Teresa Cappello, Carlo Tagliavini, ''Dizionario degli Etnici e dei Toponimi Italiani'', Bologna, ed. Pàtron, 1981.) is a ''Communes of Trentino, comune'' (municipality) ...

, Italy is a partner of LVWO. The wines and sparkling wines produced by the wine school are, since 1995, marketed under the name Staatsweingut Weinsberg. On 1 January 2005 the LVWO was converted into a state company. Since 2008, eight months' training and auditing for wine experience guides will take place here. Since 1971 the state winery is a member of the Association of German Prädikat Wine Estates. The approximately of vineyards are planted 20% with Riesling, 14% with Lemberger and Pinot varieties, 9% with Trollinger and 43% with other varieties. The principal vineyards are at

Wildeck Castle Wildeck Castle or Wildeck Palace () is an old Jagdschloss, hunting lodge in Zschopau in Saxony. It stands on a hill spur, rocky spur above the River Zschopau. Site The site today forms an irregular triangle, the narrow wing of the castle surrou ...

in Abstatt, Himmelreich in Gundelsheim and Schemelsberg. Around 250,000 bottles are filled annually.

References

Literature

*''Festschrift 1868–1968''. Staatl. Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Wein- und Obstbau, Weinsberg 1968 *''Festschrift 1868–1993: 125 Jahre Staatliche Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Wein- und Obstbau Weinsberg''. Staatl. Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Wein- und Obstbau, Weinsberg 1993

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Staatsweingut Weinsberg
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