Stargarder Land (wine region)

Located in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, approximately 100 km north of Berlin, it is by far the northernmost official wine-growing area of Germany.

The amount of wine produced is so small that it is not sold commercially, but rather handed out as dividend to the members of the cooperatives.

[1] The 2008 statistics recorded rounded-off figures of 1 hectare (2.5 acres) each for Ortega, Phoenix and Regent, and less than 1 ha for the other four allowed varieties.

The modern history of the region takes its beginning in 1999, when an association of "private winemakers" in Rattey was formed.

As a solution, Rhineland-Palatinate, where over 60% of the German vineyard surface (or over 60,000 ha) is situated, gave up 3.7 hectare of its planting rights.