The winegrowers' cooperative is located in the municipality of Sommerach (Maindreieck area) in the German winegrowing region of Franconia. This oldest Franconian producer cooperative was founded in 1901. Frank Dietrich has been the managing director since 2005, and Helmut Glaser is the cellar master. The members' vineyards cover about 170 hectares of vineyards in the single vineyards Katzenkopf and Rosenberg (Sommerach), as well as Dachs (Wiebelsberg), for example. White wine varieties clearly dominate with 90%, the most important being Müller-Thurgau, Silvaner, Riesling, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Bacchus, Traminer and Scheurebe. The most important red wine varieties are Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Regent and Domina.
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