STORIE DI VINI E VITICOLTORI
The history that binds the Deiss family to Alsace, more specifically to Bergheim, near Ribeauvillé, has its roots back in time, until the first half of 1600. Since then the Deiss were known both for their skill in iron working and for the excellent agricultural management of their lands, even if there was still no talk of viticulture. [Read more…] about Engelgarten Premier Cru 2016, Marcel Deiss
The Löwenstein family has a close relationship with wine production in the Winningen area, in the northernmost part of the Moselle, for about 500 years, and the winery Heymann-Löwenstein, founded in 1980, is simply the last link in this unbroken chain of 14 winegrowers generations. Although international critics have unanimously recognized, in the production of this winery, one of the most significant examples of German Riesling “Nouvelle Vague”, the air you breathe visiting the cellar or talking to the owners has an exquisitely archaic flavor. [Read more…] about Röttgen Grosse Lage GG 2019, Heymann-Löwenstein
To establish a date of the connection between the Pecorari family and viticulture in the Isonzo valleys, near Gorizia, in Friuli Venezia Giulia, just 10 kilometers from the border with Slovenia, we have to go back to 1879. Since then this connection has never been broken, passing through five generations, and arriving at the current owner Alvaro Pecorari who, starting from the important development work done by his father, gave it a definitive organization through the creation of Lis Neris winery. [Read more…] about Confini 2015, Lis Neris
When you are about to tell the wine history of Palatinate, the famous central German land, you can not help but mention the history of the Bürklin-Wolf winery. Without being too long-winded, it is enough to remember that already in 1580 Bernard Bürklin, who also became mayor of Wachenheim, had acquired many lands, allocating them to agriculture and viticulture. [Read more…] about Kirchenstück G.C. 2016, Weingut Dr. Bürklin-Wolf
To give an idea of the prestige of the lands currently in possession of the Falkenstein winery, it is necessary to go back 900 years, in the twelfth century, when an official document speaks for the first time of the Bricco del Falco (Hawk’s hill, in German Falkenstein) like a precious and sought-after vineyard. In that area, in Naturno, 40 kilometers north of Bolzano, for at least 200 years, the Pratzner family, a family dedicated to a mixed form of livestock farming and agriculture, resided. [Read more…] about Riesling Alte Rebe 2018, Falkenstein
To give an idea of the prestige of the lands currently in possession of the Falkenstein winery, it is necessary to go back 900 years, in the twelfth century, when an official document speaks for the first time of the Bricco del Falco (Hawk’s hill, in German Falkenstein) like a precious and sought-after vineyard. In that area, in Naturno, 40 kilometers north of Bolzano, for at least 200 years, the Pratzner family, a family dedicated to a mixed form of livestock farming and agriculture, resided. [Read more…] about Riesling Alte Rebe 2018, Falkenstein
The story of Beppe Caviola, owner of the Ca’ Viola winery and famous Piedmontese oenologist, began almost as a joke in 1991 when, after studying at the Scuola Enologica d’Alba, he met Maurizio Anselmo, who would become his trusted friend. Maurizio, who cultivated a small plot of land in Rodello, an equally small village 10 kilometers south of Alba, owned a tractor that lent to Beppe to use it on a vineyard that, in the latter’s opinion, would have the potential to give life to great Dolcetto grapes: the Barturòt vineyard. [Read more…] about Riesling 2015, Ca’ Viola
Talking about Alsatian viticulture without mentioning Zind-Humbrecht is a rather complicated speculative exercise, since it is the winery that, perhaps most of all, has contributed to the development of this region. The Domaine was born in 1959 from the union of the lands of the Humbrecht and the Zind families, two dynasties that for centuries cultivated the vine in Gueberschwihr (Humbrecht) and Wintzenheim (Zind), in Alsace, united by the marriage between Léonard Humbrecht and Geneviève Zind. [Read more…] about Riesling Roche Granitique 2018, Domaine Zind-Humbrecht
Domaine Marcell Deiss was founded in 1947 by the homonymous owner, who was succeeded by his son Jean-Michel and, later, by his nephew Mathieu who currently leads, helped and advised by his father. In the scene of Alsace production, however, this winery has carved out a prominent role thanks to the work of the current owner. [Read more…] about Alsace Complantation 2018, Marcel Deiss
The Emrich-Schönleber family is present in the area of Monzingen, on the western edge of the wine area of Nahe, in Germany, as early as 1750, when some correspondence report that the Emrich family had inherited land there. Since then this family has never stopped tying its name to those areas, engaging in a mixed production based on agriculture, cattle breeding and viticulture. [Read more…] about Riesling Lenz 2019, Emrich-Schönleber
The Löwenstein family has a close relationship with wine production in the Winningen area, in the northernmost part of the Moselle, for about 500 years, and the winery Heymann-Löwenstein, founded in 1980, is simply the last link in this unbroken chain of 14 winegrowers generations. Although international critics have unanimously recognized, in the production of this winery, one of the most significant examples of German Riesling Nouvelle Vague, the air you breathe visiting the cellar or talking to the owners has an exquisitely archaic flavor. [Read more…] about Schiefferterrassen 2019, Heymann-Löwenstein
The Juval hillside is located near Naturno, in the lower Val Venosta, a valley at the foot of the Sessa Dolomites, 30-40 kilometers north-east of Bolzano, in South Tyrol. Its name comes from the latin Mons Jovis (Mount of Jupiter) as evidence of the fact that the ancient Romans knew the area and guarded it because of its strategic position, just above the valley. [Read more…] about Riesling Windbichel 2016, Unterortl-Castel Juval
The Domaine Marcell Deiss was founded in 1947 by the homonymous owner, who was succeeded by his son Jean-Michel and, later, by his nephew Mathieu who currently leads, helped and advised by his father. [Read more…] about Altemberg de Bergheim Gran Cru 2015, Marcel Deiss
The Loosen family has been producing wines in their wine cellar in Bernkastel-Kues, in the Moselle Valley, Germany, for over 200 years. Since 1988 Ernest Loosen, known as the Doctor drives it with passion and dedication. [Read more…] about Erdener Prälat Riesling GG Réserve Alte Reben trocken 2011, Dr. Loosen
The Loosen family has been producing wines in their wine cellar in Bernkastel-Kues, in the Moselle Valley, Germany, for over 200 years. Since 1988 Ernest Loosen, known as the Doctor, drives it with passion and dedication. [Read more…] about Ürziger Würzgarten Alte Reben GG 2017, Dr. Loosen
In 2007 three friends winegrowers, Danilo Šnajder, Božidar Grabovac and Rajko Žličar, in the small village of Ormož, put together their land and their experiences to establish Verus winery. [Read more…] about Riesling 2018, Verus Vinogradi
Gresser family started producing wines in the 16th century with their ancestors who already were used to raise the vine. Nowaday the young owner Rémy Gresser took over the reins of the company, [Read more…] about Riesling Grand Cru Kastelberg 2013, Domaine Gresser
