Van Volxem winery

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Van Volxem winery in Wiltingen. Part of the building is dated 1743 on the wedge stone of the courtyard-side archway (the equally round arched street-side archway on the apex stone is covered with a remarkable sheet mask ).

The van Volxem winery on the Saar is located in Wiltingen near Trier ( Rhineland-Palatinate ). It belongs to the Moselle wine-growing region , Saar area .

history

The from the year 1560 by Jacob III. Society of Jesus sponsored by Eltz was also active in the Archdiocese of Trier until 1773 . Probably in 1743, dated from the keystone of an archway, she built a monastery winery on the Saar. After its secularization in the course of the French Revolution, the national property came into the possession of the Trier brewer Gustav van Volxem. The property was gradually expanded and managed by the van Volxem family for four generations. In 1993 the Munich entrepreneur Peter Jordan took over and marketed his wines under the manufacturer's name “Jordan & Jordan”, until the economic geographer and business economist Roman Niewodniczanski (* 1968) took over the winery at the end of 1999 and the wines were again under the name “van Volxem “Marketed. With Niewodniczański , the circle came full circle, as his roots lie in the management team of the Bitburger brewery . In 2007 the winery was accepted as a member of the group of German predicate and quality wineries (VDP).

After the old wine yard in the center of Wiltingen had become too small, a newly built wine factory was opened on the Wiltingen Schlossberg in early July 2019.

winery

Locations

The van Volxem winery has properties in the Scharzhofberg , Gottesfuß, Braunfels, Rosenberg, Klosterberg, Schlangengraben, Wiltinger Kupp and Ockfener Bockstein vineyards . Depending on the location, the soils consist mainly of greywacke, quartzite, red slate, blue slate and Devonian slate. All locations of the winery belong to the two highest quality classes according to the Prussian location classification of 1868. 98% of the vineyards are planted with Riesling, the vines are on average 40 years old. Together with the Markus Molitor winery , he is working on the recultivation of the Geisberg an der Saar vineyard on the Schoden district .

Cellar master

Since 2004, the Franconian winemaker Dominik Völk has been the cellar master of the winery.

Wines

The wines, which are mostly grown on steep slopes , are harvested exclusively by hand. The wines ferment without the addition of cultured yeast and are not fined . The wines range in taste from dry to slightly bitter.

Data

In 2019 Niewodniczański cultivated around 85 hectares “in the best slate slopes in almost all the Saar valleys”. The annual production is 600,000 bottles of wine. He has 16 permanent employees and several dozen seasonal workers, who will be expanded to up to 100 harvest workers for the autumn harvest.

Awards

  • 2018: Winemaker of the year from Vinum Weinguide Germany .
  • The Wein-Plus wine guide awarded the winery three out of three stars in 2018.
  • The German edition of the Austrian wine and gourmet journal Falstaff voted Roman Niewodniczanski “Winemaker of the Year 2012”.
  • The magazine Der Feinschmecker praised the very complex Rieslings from the steep slopes of the Saar in 2010 .
  • Gerhard Eichelmann : Eichelmann 2010 - Germany's wines rated the winery with four and a half out of five stars.
  • The “ Gault Millau Wine Guide” selected the winery as the “Discovery of the Year 2002 in Germany”.

Movies

  • Van Volxem Winery builds a new wine factory. Documentary, Germany, 2018, 2:48 min., Director: Christian Kremer, production: Trierischer Volksfreund , Internet publication: February 6, 2018 by Volksfreund.tv, online video.
  • Myth Scharzhofberg - The most expensive white vineyard in the world. Documentary, Germany, 2017, 29:37 min., Script and director: Paul Weber, production: SWR , series: made in Südwest , first broadcast: November 22, 2017 on SWR television , synopsis from ARD , online video , available until 17th October 2019.
  • Van Volxem Wine Manufactory. Documentary, Germany, 2010, 4:34 min., Script and direction: NN , production: Mövenpick Wein, Internet publication: April 27, 2010, online video.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gernot Ludwig: Saar-Riesling to the top. In: Trierischer Volksfreund , October 10, 2005.
  2. ↑ Stephan Knieps: Vintner Roman Niewodniczanski: Better a bullet in the head than sell bad wine. In: welt.de . January 7, 2016, accessed October 7, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Thommy Witteck: Weingut van Volxem - Back to the future. ( Memento from February 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). In: Vicampo.de , February 1, 2013.
  4. ↑ barrel cellar. In: bischoeflicheweingueter.de , accessed on October 21, 2018.
  5. ^ A b Niko Rechenberg: Van Volxem winery. The new manufactory. In: Gourmetwelten , July 9, 2019, with a large photo gallery.
  6. ^ A b Verona Kerl and Christian Kremer: Major project completed. A winery that sets standards across Europe. In: Trierischer Volksfreund , July 2, 2019, with video, 4:15 min.
  7. ↑ Thomas Reinhardt : Winegrowers Manufactory on the Saar: Lighthouse project for the wine region. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung , July 4, 2019.
  8. ↑ Alexander Schumitz: Geisberg: Top wine location or nursery for game? In: Trierischer Volksfreund , March 13, 2015
  9. ↑ Van Volxem Winery - Authentic Saar wines from legendary locations. In: Ludwig von Kapff GmbH , accessed on October 21, 2018.
  10. ↑ Van Volxem Winery - Wiltingen Saar. The undisputed number 1 for dry wines on the Saar! In: pinard-de-picard.de , accessed on October 21, 2018.
  11. ↑ Verona Kerl: The winemaker of the year comes from Wiltingen on the Saar. In: Trierischer Volksfreund , November 2, 2018.
  12. ↑ Van Volxem winery. In: Wein-Plus , accessed on October 21, 2018.
  13. ↑ Diana Fröhlich, Hans-Peter Siebenhaar , Tino Andresen: Roman Niewodniczanski: A brewery offspring is "Winemaker of the Year". In: Handelsblatt , February 28, 2012, accessed on October 21, 2018.
  14. ^ Gerhard Eichelmann : Eichelmann 2010 - Germany's Wines , Mondo, Heidelberg, 2009, ISBN 978-3-938839-08-9 .