The new UniWein is on its way: to mark the end of the grape harvest, representatives from the University of Würzburg and the Staatlicher Hofkeller, along with the Franconian Wine Queen, gathered at the Würzburger Stein.
The 2024 and 2025 vintages of the Würzburg University Wine (UniWein) have sold well. This means there is nothing to stand in the way of continuing the partnership between Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) and the Staatlicher Hofkeller.
At the end of the 2026 grape harvest, winery director Thilo Heuft, University Vice-Chancellor Klaus Baumann and Thorsten Stegh, Managing Director of the University of Würzburg GmbH, visited the site to see for themselves the quality of the grapes for the new UniWein. The Franconian Wine Queen, Angelina Seiler, also visited the Würzburger Stein vineyard to help harvest the final grapes.
Collectors' Edition
The new UniWein will once again be a Silvaner and will be bottled in a Bocksbeutel. The bottle is typical for Franconia and is designed as a collector's edition: each year, the label features a significant university building. The 2024 UniWein featured the Old University and the Neubaukirche, whilst the following year's design showcased the university building on Wittelsbacherplatz. All fans of UniWein can already look forward to the new design.
The new UniWein will be presented in March 2027. For those wishing to sample the 2025 UniWein: limited stocks are still available at the JMU Uni-Shop , as well as at the Staatlicher Hofkeller's wine shop and online shop .
The university owned its own vineyards until 1821
The UniWein symbolises the close ties between the university, the city and the Main-Franconia region. JMU is thus continuing a long-standing tradition: it used to own its own vineyards, and it sometimes paid its professors in wine.
The origins of UniWein date back to the year 1582: at that time, Prince-Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn endowed his re-established university with land to secure its financial future. Alongside meadows, fields and woods, this also included vineyards.
When Bavaria took over the Würzburg region in 1814, the university's feudal rights were revoked. The university's highly fragmented land and property holdings were reorganised in 1821 through a comprehensive exchange with the state. In the process, the university lost all its vineyards.
