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Vineyard trail Sargans-Mels

Medium
3.6 km
1:10 h
143 mhd
160 mhd
Weinberg Heiligkreuz (Mels)
Weinbauweg Sargans-Mels

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Wein aus dem Sarganserland
Experts know that very special wines are produced in Mels and Sargans. Would you like to know where the grapes for these wines grow and how the fine wines are made?
Technique
Fitness
Highest Point  576 m
Lowest Point  485 m
Best Season
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Start
Sargans, Splee Chapel
Destination
Mels-Heiligkreuz, vineyards
Coordinates
47.048871, 9.439389

Details

Description

On the wine-growing trail, which leads from Sargans to Mels, you can learn a lot about wine in a pleasurable way from March to October. The path is 2.5 kilometres long, it leads through the middle of the vines and across a meadow. The start is at the Splee Chapel in Sargans, the end at the vineyards of Mels-Heiligkreuz. Of course, you can also go the other way around.

There is a lot to learn about vines and wine along the way.
The following topics will be addressed:
- The history of viticulture in Mels and Sargans
- The vineyards
- The Vine
- The vineyard as a habitat
- The vine in winter
- The vine in spring
- The vine in summer
- The vine in autumn
- The Ore Trail
- The grape varieties
- Specialities made from the Pinot Noir grape
- Winemaking
- Winemaking and bottling
- Variety of wines in Mels and Sargans
- The history of viticulture in Mels and Sargans

Equipment

Normal marching equipment. Closed footwear is recommended.

Directions

Splee - Guler - Stadterwingert - Langstrich - Kürschnen - Höfli - Ober Heiligkreuz - Mels

Directions

Public Transport

By train to Sargans. The starting point Spleekapelle is about 650 meters on foot.

Travel Information

Take the Sargans motorway exit and park around the sulphur bathing area

Parking

Paid parking around the sulphur bathing area or at the train station

Waypoints

Fireplace at Sargans Castle
Fireplace Heidiland
Feuerstelle Schloss Sargans
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Restaurant Schloss Sargans (oua_604478342_image)
Restaurant Heidiland
Restaurant Schloss Sargans
The 13th century meets modernity
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Museum Sarganserland
Museum Heidiland
Sarganserland Museum
The regional museum in the castle of Sargans immerses you into the geology of the region, the mining of the Gonzen, as well as iron smelting in the Sarganserland.
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