Region: Pfalz

When we started to make wine in the year 2000, our parent’s daily life was about fruit and grape production. However, our approach was the very reverse. Steffen began to turn the farm in a 100%-winery. He planted Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot in the sandy, warm soils of Freinsheim and gained first recognition for his wines. Step by step, he managed to purchase or lease premium parcels in the classified sites of the northern Mittelhaardt, known for limestone and Terra Rossa soils. Low yields, 100% hand harvest and an organic approach were and still are key principles. When younger brother Andi came in, after his training at Wagner-Stempel in Rheinhessen, they jointly put a strong emphasis on Riesling. Spontaneously fermented, long time on lees and partly aged in traditional, big wooden barrels, the Rieslings put the winery on the map in Germany. In 2015, we became a full member of the VDP, the prestigious Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter. Our biggest love is Pinot Noir, or as we say in Germany: Spätburgunder. We adore the great wines of Burgundy, while not copying them. We grow our Spätburgunder grapes in the cool micro-climate close to the Palatinate Forest on limestone soil. Spontaneously fermented, aged in French oak and unfiltered, we follow our own style: Spätburgunder with elegance, finesse and minerality that are a fingerprint of their Pfalz origin.