Niedermenniger Sonnenberg

Here Comes the Sun

Niedermenniger Sonnenberg was first mentioned by Franz Simon in 1885. He was the son-in-law of the Bitburg brewery heiress Katharina Wallenborn and built what would become a highly esteemed vineyard on this hillside. The Simonshof, a former press house built in 1897, still stands above one section of today’s Sonnenberg.

The gnarled vines, mostly rooted in gray slate, are over 35 years old. A small part, 0.4 ha, is still planted with ungrafted vines from 1923. The main section of the Sonnenberg, which accounts for more than half of the acreage, faces south. The border areas turn west. The good water retention capacity of the slate soil combined with the old vines ensure a particularly high quality level of the Riesling wines that are produced here.