Hipping is a vineyard of the in the municipality Nierstein in Germany. Located at the Rhenish Hesse Rhineterrace (Rhineland-Palatinate), wines of this vineyard can be marketed as or , provided that other quality characteristics are fulfilled.
Terrain
The Hipping vineyard extends along the Rhine north of Nierstein and south of
Nackenheim. It is part of the large vineyard Rehbach of the Rheinhessen wine region
and surrounds the exclusive site "Brudersberg" in southern direction and borders in the south on the location "Ölberg".
[Friedrich A. Cornelssen, Das große Buch vom deutschen Wein. Seewald Verlag 1977, , S. 90.] The location is 90–160 m above
Normalnull. The slope gradient is up to 70% and the exposure to southeast, the incoming morning sun is particularly beneficial for
Riesling. The soil is
Rotliegend.
[Dieter Braatz, Ulrich Sautter, Ingo Swoboda, Jancis Robinson, Wine Atlas of Germany the best vineyards in Rheinhessen, University of California Press 2014; p. 123/C5 and 128, retrieved on 21 October 2018]
Due to its proximity to the Nierstein village centre, the Hipping is a frequently used area for wine festivals, in particular for the event "Weinpräsentation am Roten Hang" (Wine Presentation on the Red Slope) and vineyard tours of the local winegrowers.
Etymology
The name of the location could be derived from the Middle High German "Hübel" for "hill" or from the tool "Hippe" for
billhook. The interpretations are complex and ambiguous.
History
The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953 was celebrated with a Riesling by Franz Karl Schmitt from this vineyard. A 2012 vintage Hipping Riesling of the winery Klaus Peter Keller, who had acquired exactly in 2010 the plot in the Hipping
[Website Weingut Keller: " Official anniversary wine for the 60th anniversary of the Queen harvested " retrieved on 25 November 2012.] therefore became the official wine for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II, which the Queen celebrated in 2012.
Property
Propertied in the Hipping are the VDP wineries St. Antony, Gunderloch and Klaus Peter Keller, as well as the wineries Georg Albrecht Schneider, J. & H.A. Strub, Schätzel
and many more.
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