VDP: To which wine style do you aspire?
Thilo Heuft: Wine styles should reflect the attributes of the respective soil structures and vineyards. Deep, concentrated, mineral and ,as is typical for…
VDP: What is your winery philosophy?
Thilo Heuft: We are the excellence of Franken wine, committed to tradition, but also shaped by innovative development. After all, the innovations of the past…
VDP: What is so special about your winery?
Thilo Heuft: With a nearly 900-year history, we are one of the oldest wineries in Germany. Since 1128, the Staatliche Hofkeller has always been in the…
VDP: How do you combine tradition and innovation?
Martin Krenig: Perhaps it is innovative that we adhere to the tradition of allowing our wines the time they need to evolve naturally, and that…
VDP: Which of your wines would you recommend to someone who doesn't yet know your winery – as an introduction, so to speak?
Martin Krenig: Our Silvaner from Muschelkalk (shell limestone) – a…
VDP: What is your winery philosophy?
Martin Krenig: The beauty of a wine is grown and not made! VDP: To which wine style do you aspire?
Martin Krenig: Dry, distinctive wines. VDP: Do you…
VDP: What is so special about your winery?
Martin Krenig: What’s special is probably that we’re not special at all; we’re simply passionate vintners that yearn to get the best out of our…
VDP: Which of your wines would you recommend to someone who does not yet know your winery – as an introduction, so to speak?
Martin Steinmann: Our VDP.ERSTE LAGE® Sommerhausen Steinbach Silvaner…
VDP: What are your next goals? Rudolf May: To convert to organic farming and manage the winery very sustainably. To reliably produce the best Silvaner wines possible each year. To increase the…