VDP: Why should people visit your winery?
Dr. Franz Michel: My tip: The panoramic hiking trail from my estate through the top vineyard, DOMDECHANEY VDP.GROSSE LAGE®, to the late baroque castle…
VDP: What are your next goals?
Dr. Franz Michel: The handover of the business with healthy vineyards and future-oriented marketing in Germany and worldwide.
Catharina Mauritz: To drive forward…
VDP: Why did you become a vintner?
Dr. Franz Michel: We winegrowers have three exciting professions: farmers outside in nature, oenologists in the cellar, and merchants in sales and distribution.…
VDP: Which of your wines would you recommend to someone who does not yet know your winery – as an introduction, so to speak?
Catharina Mauritz: Our VDP.GUTSWEIN Riesling dry, or for those who…
VDP: What is your winery philosophy?
Dr. Franz Michel: Tradition meets innovation. Tradition means 100 percent of the grapes we vinify come from our own vineyards in Hochheim with no additional…
VDP: What is so special about your winery?
Dr. Franz Michel: Our classicist manor house under old chestnut trees is listed as a protected historic monument! We are an owner-operated family…
