VDP.ESTATE
JOH. JOS. PRÜM

"WE STILL CONSIDER THE TRADITIONAL NATURAL WINE AND PREDICATE WINE IDEAS TO BE UNRESTRICTEDLY CONTEMPORARY."

DR. MANFRED PRÜM ABOUT HIS WINES AND HIS VINEYARD IN BERNKASTEL-KUES

Joh. Jos. Prüm

Uferallee 19
54470 Bernkastel-Wehlen

Phone+49 (0)6531/3091
Fax+49 (0)6531/6071
eMailinfo@jjpruem.com
Office Hours
nach Vereinbarung
Owner

Dr. Manfred Prüm, Wolfgang Prüm, Dr. Katharina Prüm

Cellarmaster

Dr. Manfred Prüm

Wine Area

22,50 acres

Grape Variety

100% Riesling

VDP:What is so special about your winery?

Dr. Manfred Prüm: In the meantime our appreciation of the traditional idea of natural wine and Prädikatswein. We continue to believe that it is fully up to date. Even if we question him or us critically over and over again: Can't we perhaps do something better here and there?

VDP:What is your winery philosophy?

Dr. Manfred Prüm: This results from my answer to your first question: We have always been deeply and intimately connected to the idea of natural wine and Prädikatswein!

VDP: What wine style do you aim for?

Dr. Manfred Prüm: We appreciate the variety of possibilities that Riesling offers us on our slate slopes. The friends of our wines all over the world too.

VDP:Which of your wines would you recommend to someone who does not yet know your winery - as an introduction, so to speak?

Dr. Manfred Prüm: Unfortunately, I cannot give you a simple answer to this question. Just as every wine is different, every person is different. You can't help but get a little informed beforehand: browse through Gault Millau, Eichelmann, Vinum. Talk to the wine merchant you trust. I'm sure you'll find the right Prümschen starter wine for you!

VDP:Which wine are you particularly proud of?

Dr. Manfred Prüm: If I were to emphasize one, I would do injustice to all others. So I don't do it.

"QUIDQUID AGIS, PRUDENTER AGAS ET RESPICE FINEM."

VDP: Why did you become a vintner?

Dr. Manfred Prüm: Because the product wine pleases us. How do you do?


VDP: Do you have role models, mentors?

Dr. Manfred Prüm: Several.


VDP: What are your next goals?

Dr. Manfred Prüm: Several.

VDP:How do you combine tradition and innovation?

Dr. Manfred Prüm: By appreciating both terms, looking at them critically and then deciding. I'm holding it to the Latin: "Quidquid agis, prudenter agas et respice finem". For all those who do not have the small or even the large Latinum, this means, for example, "Whatever you do, do it wisely and always keep an eye on the goal".

VDP:Do you stick to traditions, if so, which ones?

Dr. Manfred Prüm: Yes, of course! See my answer to your first question.

VDP:Why should I still visit your winery?

Dr. Manfred Prüm: Also because of our extraordinarily attractive and unique wine-culture-nature landscape.

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Photos: Peter Bender