Do you know what Opok soil is?
It's a type of tertiary soil, which is very common on our site Buchertberg. It maybe comes from the slovenian language and means clay or marl. If you want to prepare this soil with machines it's very hard because this type is more or less compact, sometimes stony. Stones [...]

Vinifera vines love lime - this is a bizarre lime formation found in our drainage pipes. On the Buchertberg limy sandstones got washed out by rain and the lime gathers in the pipes then. Conclusion: the Buchertberg site is the only slope in this region with limy sediment soils.
Vinifera Reben lieben Kalk - dieses Bild [...]