VDP: Do you have a role model?
Lewis Schmitt: The German Spätburgunder winegrowers with their focus on quality and finesse.
VDP: What are your next goals?
Lewis Schmitt: We want to further…
VDP: Of which wine are you particularly proud?
Lewis Schmitt: Of our VDP.ORTSWEINE Spätburgunder “Alte Reben” (old vine Pinot Noir), because of the extraordinary price-performance ratio!
VDP:…
VDP: What is your winery philosophy?
Lewis Schmitt: We want to combine tradition and innovation. And we focus on natural methods of winemaking.
VDP: For what wine style do you strive?
Lewis…
VDP: What is so special about your winery?
Lewis Schmitt: Our Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir) tradition goes back to 1881. Our founders developed a Pinot Noir clone known as the “Neus” clone. Not only…
VDP: What are your next goals?
Müller/Pfeffer-Müller: At one of the advanced training seminars on biodynamic viticulture, we were enthusiastic about a lecture on “sovereign farmers”. So, our goal…
VDP: Why did you become a vintner?
Müller/Pfeffer-Müller: Because of the life on our parents’ farms and the physical agricultural work. Being a farmer is simply something fulfilling. In addition…
VDP: Which of your wines would you recommend to someone who does not yet know your winery – as an introduction, so to speak?
Müller/Pfeffer-Müller: Of course, our tasting package of Scheurebe,…
