The story
"The old God is still alive!" This redemptive cry of a man when he saw another survivor at the end of the Thirty Years' War gave this wine region its name. Today a stony wayside shrine, entwined with vine branches, between Sasbachwalden and the neighbouring town Obersasbach remembers this event. However, in this area viniculture was already practised in the past. Documentary evidence marks the year 1601 as the date of granting the right to grow wine in this area.
From Wikipedia’s article on Alde Gott, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4