VDP: How do you combine tradition and innovation?
Frederik zu Knyphausen: One example is our knypHAUS, a farm shop with integrated vinotheque and wine tavern in our old tractor hall – all in a…
VDP: Why did you become a vintner?
Frederik zu Knyphausen: Ultimately, I’m not a trained winegrower. I would rather call myself an entrepreneur in the wine sector. After business training and…
Our VDP:winegrowers always strive for the highest quality in winemaking. The VDP.Eagle on the bottleneck is a visible sign for this claim and for their passion. Since 2016 we have been training an…
VDP: How do you combine tradition and innovation?
August Kesseler: Experience meets youth, you could say. On the one hand, we are experienced winegrowers and winemakers, but on the other, we have…
VDP: Do you have role models, mentors?
August Kesseler: It was Burkard Bovensiepen, founder of the legendary sports car manufacturer Alpina, who put me on the right track and gave me the…
VDP: Of which wine are you particularly proud?
August Kesseler: The 2004 VDP.GROSSE LAGE® Assmannshäuser HÖLLENBERG Spätburgunder, dry. VDP: Why did you become a vintner?
August Kesseler:…
