Project Completion

The LIFE VinEcos project was successfully completed in the summer of 2021.  This website will now no longer be...

Project results in brief

You are interested in a very quick overview of the results of our LIFE VinEcoS project? - We got something for you....

More biodiversity in the vineyard - project results receive great attention!

In view of increasingly frequent extreme weather events in the course of climate change, such as heavy rainfall and...

New international LIFE project under way!

In the new project LIFE VineAdapt, led by Landgesellschaft Sachsen-Anhalt, the activities of LIFE VinEcoS will be...

Despite Corona: our four-legged employees start seasonal work on time

In the now already fourth season Suffolk sheep have been taking the slopes of the Saalhäuser vineyard under their...

We extend!

At the end of last year, the project consortium applied for an extension of LIFE VinEcoS. Now, we received the good news...

Ready. steady, green - new brochure on examplary climate projects out now!

In a new publication, the LIFE programme presents current projects that are exemplarily testing adaptation strategies to...

Knowledge transfer with international experts continues

The transfer of tested practices is an important factor for the overall success of the project. During two days,...

LIFE VinEcoS awarded as official project of UN Decade of Biodiversity

Today LIFE VinEcoS was recognized as an official project of the UN Decade of Biodiversity! The award was...

Draught influences project activities

   Between April and September 2018 the precipitation in Kloster Pforta vineyard has been only 100 mm /...

New grazing season has started

Since mid-week, sheep are again supporting our work in the vineyard. They are reliable colleagues when it comes to...

Saalhäuser Riesling 2017

From our steep Saalhäuser vineyard we derived a very special vine from the 2017 season. This extraordinary Riesling...

High resolution soil maps

Within project action Soil monitoring and erosion control first high resolution soil maps of the demonstration sites...

International press delegation in Kloster Pforta

Early october 20 journalists visited selected innovative European projects dealing with Food and Agriculture. Between...

Our sheep raise attention

After a detailed coverage on regional TV broadcaster MDR in June the MZ newspaper today reports on our approach, to have...

High interest in our survey

On whitesunday weekend we addressed the visitors of the traditional "Saale-Weinmeile" festival. 400 people from near and...

Sheep to enter the Saalhauser vineyard soon

From next week on you will be able hear sheep bleating in the middle of our Saalhauser vineyard. The wool animals of the...

Upcoming survey among tourists

This years whitsunday weekend is looming. And as every year thousands of visitors are expected in the Saale valley to...

International LIFE workshop

Early May experts from current LIFE projects dealing with ecosystem services met in Tallinn, Estonia for a common 2 days...

Winter impressions from Koeppelberg vineyard