The first story is over 100 years old.

The First World War breaks out. It will be a devastating period, a period never to be experienced again. Here you are on the edge of an old Prussian/German airport. The Germans first launched the Zeppelins and then the Gotha IV bombers here to attack London. The aim was to create panic and terrorize England.

The second story is much younger.

In April 2015, 1,600 vines were planted on this field. When you taste the wines of this vineyard, new and positive stories will emerge that achieve the opposite of what happened a century ago: it becomes a story of uniting and connecting.

Let it be a silent hope that no one here has to go through something like this again. With a good glass of wine we should remember how wrong things can go and discuss together how positive we can see and make the world. A little further, towards Gontrode, you will find a silent testimony with full explanation about this forgotten airport from WWI. More than worth a visit.

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