Winegrowing customs

In connection with viticulture, there is a wealth of old customs with often only regional significance. However, many old professions have died out or are no longer necessary due to new technologies. Unfortunately, many customs are no longer maintained. The current professions and functions in viticulture and the relevant institutions and training centres are listed under Viticulture Training. Further information on the subject can be found under:

from Amper to Buttenstecken

• Amper - vessel for filling wine barrels
• Astrology - influence of celestial constellations
• Bacchanalia (wine god Bacchus) - ancient festivals in Rome
• Farmer's rules (farmer's calendar, lot days) - weather forecasts
• Axe - bung wood
• Binger Bleistift - Rhine-Hessian term for corkscrew
• Bruderschaft trinken - the word you use with wine/alcohol
• Buschenschank (Besenwirtschaft, Straußwirtschaft) - wine tavern
• Buttenstecken (Butten stick) - counting stick during the grape harvest

from Cellera to Fürtuch

• Cellerar - person in charge of the vineyard in a monastery
• Champagne tower - a record with 33,081 glasses
• Steam pipe and steam whistle - ventilation shaft in the wine cellar
• Dionysia (Bacchanalia) - ancient festivals in Greece
• Ice Saints - Mamertus (11 May), Pancratius (12, Servatius (13), Boniface (14)
• Esotericism in wine making - special methods
• Eucharist (thanksgiving) - Christian communion at Holy Mass
• Fasslrutschen - sliding down from a giant barrel
• Barrel latch - closure part for barrels
• Bottle tops - see under Sabrieren
• Friedweinberg - special form of burial
• Frühschoppen (Brunch) - a drink in the morning
• Fuhrfass (Fuhrfassl) - barrel for transporting wine
• Fürtuch (Fürta, Firta) - winegrower's apron

from Gait to Imbs

• Gait - see under Schoßkoa
• Fermentation grid - device for the escape of fermentation gas
• Gebirgsaufschießen - beginning of the grape harvest
• Grea (Green) - Thanksgiving
• Herbstmuck - woman with the last grape at the grape harvest - sliding down a giant barrel
• Herbstschmüerel - festival at the end of the grape harvest
• Herbstwagen - wagon of the winegrowers at the grape harvest festival
• Heuriger - wine tavern and last year's wine)
• Imbs - snack in the vineyard

from Kalmuck-Janker to Krugrecht

• Kalmuck-Janker - winegrower's jacket
• Kantharos - drinking vessel for wine
• Kellerkatze - Cat on the best barrel of the wine cellar
• Kellerkörbl (Kellerzeger) - container for transporting wine bottles
• Kellerpartie (Kellerstunde) - meeting in a wine cellar
• Cellar law - unwritten laws in a wine cellar
• Cellar key - tool and symbol
• Candle t asting (Kerzerlprobe) - testing for carbon dioxide during fermentation
• Klapotetz - acoustic defence against harmful birds in the vineyard
• Corkage fee - bottle-carrying fee
• Kottabos - game of skill in ancient Greece
• Jug law - right to serve wine commercially

from latfass to oinochoe

• Latfass (Ladfass) - special barrel used during the grape harvest
• Leitgeben - right to serve wine
• Harvest yard - communal cellar for the grape harvest
• Martini - to praise Martini, wine baptism on 11 November
• Métayage (French: Grangère, Vigneronnage) - half lease, partial lease
• Cupbearer - servant responsible for the drinks
• Nachlese (Wolfeln) - harvesting of leftover grapes after the grape harvest
• Neumagener Weinschiff - antique find in Neumagen (Mosel)
• Oinochoe - wine vessel

from pest vinegar to records

• Plague vinegar - medicine and protection against the plague
• Placomusophilia - collecting agraffes
• Presshaus - Room for the pressing process
• Prosten (Toast) -Toasting with a glass
• Rausch - History with stories about rituals and protagonists
• Rebmond - Full moon in September
• Rebstock-Patenschaft (Vine sponsorship ) - Rent of vines plus yield
• Vine tears (vine blood, vine water) - vine sap during pruning
• Pouring pure wine - telling the truth bluntly
• Records - special features in viticulture