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Today (March 13th) Riesling celebrates its birthday! It's turning a tender 590 years old, Germany's most popular white wine variety. The first documented mention dates back to 1435. The hashtag #rieslingbirthday will be trending on social media today. We're already looking forward to seeing the pictures.
Of course, a birthday also calls for gifts! For this reason, we have a very special Riesling offer on this birthday (and only today):
Anyone who explores good wine will quickly come across the term " terroir ." The term originates from French and originally simply meant "region." Today, the word "terroir" in French often also refers to what we call "regionality" in German.
Where does the term terroir come from?
The term "terroir" was first used in connection with pleasure and taste in medieval France by the Cistercian Order ...
» The Federal Honorary Prize winners in the wine and sparkling wine sector stand for excellent quality work and incomparable moments of enjoyment. With the utmost care and craftsmanship, they manage to translate the terroir, the climate and the special features of their region into unique wines and sparkling wines that impress. The Federal Honorary Prize winners are guardians of German wine culture and at the same time visionaries who carry it into the future - with creativity, a spirit of innovation and a deep understanding of what makes wine: enjoyment, community and the connection to home. « Freya von Czettritz, CEO of DLG Holding.
We have already told you a lot about our premium Rieslings, the incredibly strong piwi wine Cabernet Blanc and the special features of our winery. But we have never mentioned one small, modest wine:
We know this from classic fairy tales: if you get into dire straits, the white knight comes galloping up and saves you from certain doom. We winemakers have a "white knight" like that too, only his horse drinks diesel.
This year we desperately needed him, our knight, because the weather behaved like the proverbial dragon:
Everyone who has their own garden knows the problem: you look forward to the harvest for months, eagerly awaiting the first tomato, and then you don't know what to do with the excess and, after tomato salad, tomato soup, tomato casserole, tomato mozzarella and tomato bread, you can't stand the sight of tomatoes anymore.
We winemakers know this too. Once a year our cellar is bursting at the seams... and the rest of the year we live off of it. So what is the best way to store the precious liquid? This question has been answered very differently over the centuries:
