VDP: Which of your wines would you recommend to someone who does not yet know your winery – as an introduction, so to speak?
Max Schönleber: Our Winkel Riesling, dry VDP.ORTSWEIN - our home on…
VDP: What is your winery philosophy?
Max Schönleber: With tradition into the future. VDP: For what wine style do you strive?
Max Schönleber: We don’t pursue a uniform style because we don’t…
VDP: What is so special about your winery?
Max Schönleber: First of all, the Allendorf and Schönleber families! As for our wines, our vineyards stretch over 30 kilometres along the Rhine River,…
Steffen Christmann was born in 1965 in Neustadt an der Weinstraße. Growing up in his parents' vineyard in Gimmeldingen, he is now a 7th generation winemaker. The history of the A. Christmann winery…
VDP: Do you have role models, mentors?
Martin Meßmer: The role model is the father. He demonstrated great entrepreneurial courage by purchasing and expanding the winery. His foresight and vision…
The VDP and its around 200 members form the qualitative spearhead of German viticulture. The Association’s clear organizational structure is designed to ensure that it can effectively stand up…
The VDP.Eagle unites around 200 of Germany’s finest wineries. Any time that eagle adorns the neck of a wine bottle, it promises that the wine inside is of the highest quality! Here’s how the…