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The Winter winery is a winery in Dittelsheim-Heßloch in Rheinhessen . It has belonged to the Association of German Predicate and Quality Wineries since 2013 .

Viticulture

View of sample vineyards from the Kloppberg tower

Stefan Winter has been managing his parents' winery on the Kloppberg (292 m) in Wonnegau, measuring 21 hectares, since 2000 . After internships and apprenticeships at the Klaus Keller (Rheinhessen) and Bassermann-Jordan (Palatinate) wineries, Winter graduated from SLVA Bad Kreuznach as a state-certified technician for viticulture and oenology and is a member of the “Message in a bottle” group, young winemakers and winemakers from Rheinhessen. The estate's vineyards are grouped around the town in the south of the Rheinhessen wine-growing region , which is in the inland area of ​​the Rheinhessen hill country and not on the Rhine terrace.

The offer is based on the quality pyramid, which distinguishes between estate wines, local wines "Dittelsheimer" (individual layers "Pfaffenmütze" and "Mönchshube") and the single-vineyard wines "Leckerberg" and "Geyersberg", which are then also indicated as vineyard locations on the label . The southerly orientation of the north-west and south of Dittelsheim locations allows good solar radiation, they are located at the foot of the Kloppberg. Deep clay marl and very lime-rich rock soils characterize the wines.

Grape variety mirror

The managing varietal , with 65 percent of the cultivated area of Riesling , as well as the typical Rheinhessen Silvaner with 10%, white Burgundervarietäten ( Pinot Blanc , Pinot Gris ) and Chardonnay in white wine spectrum as well as Pinot Noir and Blue Portugal than red varieties.

Awards

Tasters' voices (selection)

"I don't know anyone else who works so meticulously on the quality."

- Philipp Wittmann , Chairman of the VDP Rheinhessen 2013

"The local wines are real benchmarks for Riesling, Weissburgunder and Silvaner, and for single-site Riesling, for example, the Leckerberg beguiles with its depth and stylish wild herb notes."

- Gault Millau, 2013 edition

"No wine from this house has disappointed even in the slightest in the past few years."

- Jürgen Dollase and Stuart Pigott

Mention in wine guides (selection)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Balancing act between tradition and new discovery . In: The federal board of the Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter eV (VDP) confirmed the addition of two new wineries: FB Schönleber from Oestrich-Winkel / Rheingau and Stefan Winter from Dittelsheim-Hessloch / Rheinhessen . www.riesling.de. 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  2. ↑ Jason Wilson: How German Wine Found Its Sweet Spot , in: The Washington Post, September 5, 2019
  3. ^ Stefan Winter - Weingut Winter ( Memento from December 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Page on Message in a bottle
  4. ↑ Winter winery. Wein-Plus , accessed on March 17, 2013 .
  5. ↑ Wine Award for Friends 2012 ( Memento from May 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Stefanie Widmann: Winter now Prädikatsweingut - VDP First admission after five years / quality requirements also lead to exclusions . In: Allgemeine Zeitung , March 15, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2013. 
  7. ↑ Allgemeine Zeitung Mainz, March 15, 2013.
  8. ↑ Newcomer winemaker of the year . Gault Millau Weinguide Germany 2013. November 15, 2012. Accessed March 17, 2013.
  9. ↑ Stuart Pigott: Newcomer winemaker of the year . Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . December 26, 2012. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  10. ↑ Eichelmann 209 - Germany's wines , 935 wineries and 9792 wines, Mondo-Verlag, Heidelberg, ISBN 978-3-938839-07-2 .

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