Joh. Jos. Prüm

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Joh. Jos. Prüm

The Joh. Jos. Prüm (often referred to as "JJ Prüm" for short in English-speaking countries) is a family-owned winery in Wehlen on the Moselle . The winery was founded in 1911 by Johann Josef Prüm (1873-1944) with vineyards from his inheritance from the old SA Prüm-Erben winery. Today it is run by Manfred, Wolfgang and Katharina Prüm. Some of the wines achieve record sales worldwide for young white wines.

history

The beginnings

The ancestors had been winegrowers in the Moselle villages of Wehlen and Graach for centuries , who in addition to managing their own property as so-called courtiers, also operated viticulture for church landlords. Due to the secularization on the Moselle as a result of the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss in 1803, large parts of the church property on the Moselle were expropriated and sold to private individuals in the following years at auctions. As part of these sales processes, Johann Josef's great-grandfather, the sendschöffen Johann Philipp Prüm (1765–1809), was able to expand his vineyards on the Middle Moselle. At the same time, a market for wine arose in the early 19th century, which could be marketed under the name of bourgeois producers. The son of Johann Philipp, Sebastian Alois Prüm (1794–1871), succeeded at the beginning of the 19th century in taking advantage of a new emerging market and the winery under the name "SA Prüm" as a leading winery on the Middle Moselle establish. The winery was taken over in 1871 by his son Mathias Prüm (1835–1890), who died in 1890. His widow Anna Maria Kieren (1848–1919) and her brother-in-law Jakob Prüm (1838–1918) continued the SA Prüm winery until 1911.

The division of 1911

Manor house Joh. Jos. Prüm

Mathias Prüm had seven children, among whom the property of the SA Prüm winery was divided in 1911. Johann Josef, as the eldest son, brought the inherited vineyard together with the property of his wife Franziska Dietz and established the winery under his own name Joh. Jos. Prüm. From the winery that was divided in 1911, in addition to the SA Prüm winery, which still exists today, a large number of other wineries such as Dr. Loosen, Studert-Prüm, Weins-Prüm , Pauly-Bergweiler or Christoffel-Prüm.

The climb

Johann Josef and especially his son Sebastian Alois Prüm (1902–1969), born in 1902, succeeded in developing a wine style that was innovative and unique at the time, focusing on fruity and residual sweet wines. Sebastian Alois Prüm, who, in contrast to his uncle, called himself “Prüm-Erz” after the surname of his wife Katharina Erz, had four sons, Jost Prüm , Eckart Prüm, Manfred Prüm and Wolfgang Prüm.

Sebastian Alois Prüm died in 1969. His sons Manfred and Wolfgang continued the business; currently also with Manfred Prüm's daughter Katharina Prüm.

Vineyards

The winery cultivates around 20 hectares of vineyards in the Wehlener Sonnenuhr (which was built by the ancestor Jodocus Prüm ), the Graacher Himmelreich , the Zeltinger Sonnenuhr, the Bernkasteler Badstube and the Bernkasteler Lay. Only Riesling grapes are produced. Around 180,000 bottles are filled each year. These are regularly counted among the best wines in German viticulture. One of the most respected wine critics in Germany, Stuart Pigott , puts the wines on a par with the cultural capital of Germany such as Patrick Süsskind , Wim Wenders or Georg Baselitz .

The winery is a member of the Association of German Predicate and Quality Wineries (VDP).

The manor house

The manor house Uferallee 19 is a stately late historical slate building from around 1900 and is a listed building (see also the list of cultural monuments in Bernkastel-Kues ).

Web links

literature

  • Hugh Johnson, Stuart Pigott: Atlas of German wines. 1st edition. Hallwag, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-444-10445-6 .
  • Mario Scheuermann : The great wines of the century. 1st edition. Falken Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-8068-7475-1 .
  • Stuart Pigott: The great white wines of Germany. 1st edition. Hallwag, 2001, ISBN 3-7742-0039-4 .
  • Stuart Pigott: The great German Riesling wines. 1st edition. ECON Verlag, Düsseldorf 1995, ISBN 3-430-17488-0 .
  • Horst Dom: Portraits of winemakers. 1st edition. Gräfe and Unzer, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-7742-1285-6 .
  • David Molyneux-Berry: The World's Classic Wines, Sotheby's Wine Guide. 1st edition. Gondorf Verlag, 1996, ISBN 3-8112-1171-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The third most expensive white wine in the world is a Prüm wine at EUR 4,256 (Joh. Jos. Prüm, Wehlener Sonnenuhr, TBA); see. The Riesling never tasted sweeter! In: Wirtschaftswoche. September 16, 2016, p. 98.
  2. ^ Artur Weber: Graach in space and time . Graach / Mosel 2006, p. 246 .
  3. ^ A b Thomas Prüm: History of the Prüm Family. Retrieved May 14, 2017 .
  4. ↑ a b Wolfgang Schieder: Secularization and Mediatization in the Four Rhenish Departments 1803 - 1813 . tape 4 , ISBN 3-7646-1914-7 , pp. 24 .
  5. ^ Felix Meyer: Viticulture and wine trade on the Moselle, Saar and Ruwer: A look back at the last 100 years . Görres printing and publishing house, Koblenz 1926.
  6. ↑ Thomas Prüm: Family Prüm - the tribes. Retrieved May 14, 2017 .
  7. ^ Robert Parker : The World's Greatest Wine Estates . Ed .: Simon & Schuster. 2005, ISBN 0-7432-3771-4 , pp. 441 .
  8. ↑ Hugh Johnson : Atlas of German wines . Ed .: Hugh Johnson, Stuart Pigott . ISBN 3-444-10445-6 , pp. 54 .
  9. ↑ a b Joel Payne: Gault Millau - Weinguide Germany . S. 433 .
  10. ↑ Horst Dohm: winemaker portraits . Gräfe and Unzer, 1992, ISBN 3-7742-1285-6 , pp. 27 .
  11. ↑ Mario Scheuermann: The great wines of the century . Falken Verlag, ISBN 3-8068-7475-1 , p. 84 .
  12. ↑ Stuart Pigott: The great white wines of Germany . Hallwag, 2001, ISBN 3-7742-0039-4 , p. 114 .
  13. ↑ Stuart Pigott: The great German Riesling wines . ISBN 3-430-17488-0 , pp. 38 .
  14. ^ VDP members. Retrieved May 14, 2017 .