Wine Knowledge
No one expected this: Icy, long-lasting frost with lots of snow at the beginning of the year! The children in the village are sledding from Weyher over the gently rolling hills right into the next village – and we can only drive our rear-wheel-drive car up Borngasse in reverse. But for us farmers, there's always a solution, even with snowdrifts: We'll just take the tractor to go shopping. A little slow, a little cumbersome, but we'll get there – and that's what matters in the end!
For the New Year, we wish you all that you too reach your goals, whether it's tractor-slow or sled-fast, it doesn't matter! We are happy about the cold weather, because with it we have already reached one goal for the new year:
Did you ever wonder, as a child, if the land of milk and honey was really as idyllic as it sounds? Is it really that great to have a roast chicken in your mouth every time, poof!, even when you just want to yawn or laugh out loud? And is it really that great when it rains honey (of all things!)? Would you still appreciate wine if it just came out of the well?
A winemaker from Edesheim, not even 3km from us, has...
Have you heard the saying, "What do I care if a sack of rice falls over in China?" This relaxed attitude is no longer appropriate—because in today's global world, even aspects that seemingly don't concern us at all can have quite striking consequences.
What happened? ...
There are projects where you think, "This is a piece of cake." And then you get a rude awakening and the little piece of cake turns into a lump, even a millstone around your neck. That's what happened to us with our solar system.
It all started innocently enough sometime in 2022. We decided to move toward sustainable energy. We researched, discussed, and settled on a solar system. It had to be efficient, not significantly detract from the aesthetics, and, of course, ideally connected. To achieve optimal performance, we worked with experts to plan for every usable square centimeter of roof space. 60 kilowatts per hour was the stated goal, as our annual consumption at the winery currently amounts to almost 50,000 kilowatt hours (kWh), and the trend is rising.
Wine chat: unfiltered, straight from real life. With both feet deep in the Palatinate soil, hands sticky with grape juice, a head full of ideas and a heart full to the brim, just like the glasses.
This is not a textbook.
This is not a wine guide.
This is a piece of Palatinate winemaking life.
Welcome to the Palatinate.
Welcome to tradition & modernity.
Welcome to WeinGeplauder.
