Paula Löber was elected as the 78th German Wine Queen (Deutsche Weinkönigin) on September 25, 2026. Representing the Saale-Unstrut wine region, the 29-year-old project manager won the crown in a live finale held in Neustadt an der Weinstraße, marking only the second time in history that a representative from Saale-Unstrut has won the national title.
The Royal Trio: Alongside Löber, Kathrin Knierim (Rheinhessen) and Natalie Schäfter (Württemberg) were chosen as the two German Wine Princesses.
The finalists had to prove their expertise in complex winemaking topics, marketing strategies, and blind wine tastings, alongside showcasing quick wit and charisma on stage. For the first time, the final decision involved a combined vote from a 70-member expert jury and the live television audience.
Ambassador Role: Over her one-year reign, Löber will participate in around 200 events both in Germany and internationally to represent 14,000 German wine producers.
Germany "From Berlin to Frankfurt" 2023 (Saale Unstrut, Sachsen,
Franken, Württemberg) by ombiasy WineTours took place from Monday, June
19, 2023 to Thursday, June 29, 2023.
After visiting Weingut Born, a member of the Breitengrad 51 Association, the group of Saale-Unstrut leading producers, and Weingut Herr & Frau Lüttmer, a tiny, artisan natural wine producer with a total annual production of 200 to 400 cases:
Vineyard Tour, Cellar Tour and Tasting at Weingut Born in Salzatal-Höhnstedt, Saale-Unstrut, with Elisabeth and Günter Born - Germany "From Berlin to Frankfurt" 2023 (Saale Unstrut, Sachsen, Franken, Württemberg) by ombiasy WineTours
Tour and Tasting at Niche Wine Producer Weingut Herr & Frau Lüttmer, in Vitzenburg, Saale-Unstrut, with Klaus Lüttmer - Germany "From Berlin to Frankfurt" 2023 (Saale Unstrut, Sachsen, Franken, Württemberg) by ombiasy WineTours
we went to Landesweingut Kloster Pforta in Bad Kösen.
Paula Löber, the 2022 Wine Princess of Bad Kösen, was our host. She welcomed us with a Sekt and took us on a vineyard and a cellar tour. We finished the visit with an excellent tasting of Weingut Kloster Pforta wines. All the wines we tasted were bone-dry.
For previous visits of Kloster Pforta see:
Weingut Kloster Pforta: Vineyard Tour, Cellar Tour and Tasting with Managing Director Christian Kloss – Germany-North Wine Tour by ombiasy (2014)
Visit and Tasting at
Landesweingut Kloster Pforta in Bad Kösen, Saale-Unstrut, with Managing
Director Björn Probst - Germany-East Tour 2018 by ombiasy WineTours:
Wine, Art, Culture, History - Berlin, Saale-Unstrut, Sachsen,
Württemberg, Franken
Landesweingut Kloster Pforta in Bad Kösen, Saale-Unstrut
Weingut Kloster Pforta is owned and run by the State Government of
Sachsen Anhalt. It is one of five important wine estates owned by a
state government in Germany. The others are: Hessische Staatsweingueter
Kloster Eberbach (Rheingau and Hessische Bergstrasse), Saechsisches
Staatsweingut Schloss Wackerbarth (Sachsen), Staatliche Hofkellerei
Wuerzburg (Franken) and Staatsweingut Meersburg (Baden).
Its history mirrors German history. Its origins date back to the Pforta
Abbey, founded in 1137 by Cistercian monks. In 1154 the monks started to
plant vines in the Pfortenser Köppelberg vineyard, which still today is
one of the six vineyards of the winery, producing excellent wines.
Pforta Abbey soon had a reputation as the richest abbey in medieval
Thuringia, with vineyard holdings in 192 communes, totaling at least 250
ha (around 625 acres).
After Reformation (during the 16th century the eastern part of Germany
became Lutheran and the monks had to leave), ownership went to the kings
of Saxony, which subsequently lost the Abbey Pforta to the Kingdom of
Prussia at the Vienna Congress in 1814.
Prussia converted Pforta into a wine estate and wine research institute.
After World War II, it became the socialist co-operative VEG Weinbau
Naumburg in East-Germany, with 120 hectares of land. After the breakdown
of the socialist system in East Germany in 1989, Pforta was in the
hands of the privatization organization Treuhand for a couple of years,
but not privatized and became the Landesweingut Kloster Pforta of the
Federal State of Sachsen-Anhalt.
The vineyard area totals 51 hectares, with holdings in the following
sites: Goseck (Dechantenberg), Großjena (Blütengrund), Naumburg
(Paradies), Pforta (Köppelberg) and Saalhäuser (with eponymous monopole
sites). The main grape varities are Müller-Thurgau (10 ha), Silvaner (6
ha), Riesling (6 ha) and Pinot Blanc (5 ha) as well as Portugieser (5
ha), and Zweigelt.
See also:
The Role of Government - Government Owned Wineries in Germany
We started the tour with a Sekt Reception.
Vineyard Tour
We then toured the vineyards of Weingut Kloster Pforta.
Cellar Tour
We returned to the winery for a tour of the wine cellar of Weingut Kloster Pforta.
Tasting
We finished the visit with an excellent tasting of Weingut Kloster Pforta wines. All the wines we tasted were bone-dry.
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