VDP: How do you combine tradition and innovation?
Jörg Ellwanger: We try to avoid fashionable flashes in the pan, but you always have to make a start. Otherwise you just have to find the right…
VDP: Do you have role models?
Jörg Ellwanger: I always tried to go my own way.
VDP: What are your next goals?
Jörg Ellwanger: To give the Lemberger the status it deserves and at the same…
VDP: Of which wine are you particularly proud?
Jörg Ellwanger: Of our 2012 Cuvee Nikodemus.
VDP: Why did you become a vintner?
Jörg Ellwanger: I helped my father a lot and it was simply…
VDP: What is your winery philosophy?
Jörg Ellwanger: Wine quality always comes from the vineyard.
VDP: For what wine style do you strive?
Jörg Ellwanger: We want to focus on the grape…
VDP: What is so special about your winery?
Jörg Ellwanger: Our family has been making wine for 500 years and we are deeply bonded to our vineyards. Today, we are mainly known for our barrique…
VDP: Why did you become a vintner?
Johannes Graf von Schönburg: My wife and I both grew up in the midst of vines and wine therefore played a role from an early age. After successfully pursuing…
VDP: For what wine style do you strive?
Johannes Graf von Schönburg: Schloss Westerhaus stands for an elegant style that is influenced by its origins. We attach importance to minerality and wine…
