Erwein Graf Matuschka-Greiffenclau

Memorial plaque for Erwein Graf Matuschka-Greiffenclau near Vollrads Castle

Erwein Graf Matuschka-Greiffenclau (born November 15, 1938 in Würzburg , † August 19, 1997 at Schloss Vollrads ) was a German wine lobbyist and winemaker .

Life

Matuschka-Greiffenclau studied law in Munich and Berlin and from 1969 worked for Olivetti in sales and marketing . After his older brother Karl renounced the management of the family inheritance, Erwein took over the Schloss Vollrads winery near Winkel in the Rheingau in 1975 after the death of his father Richard Graf Matuschka-Greiffenclau in the 27th generation , where he also lived. From 1978 to 1990 Matuschka-Greiffenclau was President of the Association of German Predicate and Quality Wineries eV (VDP) . From 1982 he worked as a consultant for Ericsson Information Systems . He was the founding director of ProRiesling in 1985 , was President of the Rheingau Winegrowing Association from 1990 and was considered "Germany's most famous winemaker".

His house bank, the Nassauische Sparkasse , applied to the local court in Rüdesheim am Rhein for the bankruptcy of his winery in 1997 . Matuschka-Greiffenclau then committed suicide .

Private life

Since 1965, Count Matuschka-Greiffenclau was first married to Sophie Countess von Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg (* November 17, 1938), and in her second marriage since 1983 with Sabine Countess Matuschka-Greiffenclau (née Neggert; * January 7, 1953, † July 25, 1994) married. A daughter comes from this marriage.

Publications

• The art of making the best of what is good. In: Gerhard Becker, Horst Dohm (eds.): The urban wine tavern: wine bars, wine bars, wine houses in Frankfurt, Mainz, Wiesbaden. Heinen, Trittenheim 1992, ISBN 978-3-922369-07-3 , pp. 108-117
• Further publications according to the wine bibliography Schoene3 , Society for the History of Wine

literature

• Wolfgang Junglas : Der Wein-Graf: Erwein Graf Matuschka-Greiffenclau - a portrait . Leinpfad Verlag 2017, ISBN 978-3-945782-29-3 .

Web links

• Robert Temple: Obituary: Erwein Matuschka-Greiffenclau , The Independent , August 30, 1997
• Detlef Sieverdingbeck: German wine: finish before the harvest , Focus , August 25, 1997
• Gero von Randow : It's a question of honor . In: The time . No. 35/1997 , August 22, 1997 ( zeit.de ).
• Angelika Bruder: Erwein Graf Matuschka-Greiffenclau, owner of one of the largest German wineries, committed suicide because of high debts: tragic death in front of an idyllic backdrop , Berliner Zeitung , August 20, 1997
• Aristocracy: Dallas im Rheingau , Der Spiegel , February 20, 1995

Individual evidence

1. ^ Nobility name evidently Erwein Maria Eberhard Josef Benedikt Martin Graf von Matuschka, Baron von Greiffenclau, Baron von Toppolczan and Spaetgen, called Count Matuschka-Greiffenclau
2. ^ Died: Erwein Graf Matuschka-Greiffenclau , Der Spiegel , August 25, 1997
3. ↑ ^{a b} Matuschka Greiffenclau, Erwein Graf (1938-1997) , Society for the History of Wine
4. ^ Erwein Graf Matuschka-Greiffenclau consultant for Ericsson ( Memento from March 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), Computerwoche from July 9, 1982
5. ↑ ProRiesling eV - Association for the Promotion of Riesling Culture ( Memento of the original from May 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ^ Peter Köhler: The Sparkasse Wine Castle , Handelsblatt , August 25, 2010
7. ^ Franz Breuer: Predecessor and Successor: Passing on in institutional and personal relationships. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2009, ISBN 978-3-525-40324-2 , p. 138 limited preview in the Google book search
8. ^ Controversy over an inheritance from debt , Die Welt , September 20, 1997
9. ↑ Count Matuschka's 775th Anniversary Party , website Robert KG Temple, 2009