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 know that we have a kind of "United Nations" in our 500-soul village in Southern Palatinate? If we count both tourists and employees, we have hosted over 50 nationalities at our winery in the last two years: from Chef Matti from Mexico to Yu from Japan and John from Kenya... In short: the wide, wide world meets in small Weyher. And we are proud of that.
Because while the political environment around us feels like it's constantly becoming more one-sided and bigoted, we are consciously international, colorful, and diverse. Especially as an employer, we feel a responsibility for the people around us, without whom we as a winery could not exist. The helping hands not only support us...
Have you ever hung on your grandma's or grandpa's every word as they recounted their experiences? This summer, we finally took the time to visit our great-aunt in Switzerland again, and that's exactly what happened to us:
Sweet wines don't have a good reputation – somehow everyone associates them with a hangover or an untrained palate. But why is that actually the case?
In fact, this assessment directly relates to the difficulty of production, because sugar is known to be a flavor carrier. With a little more residual sweetness, one can therefore certainly mask a not entirely perfect quality in the wine...
One of the biggest challenges of our time is shifting focus from the gigantic to the minuscule: From the 3l/Atlas comet, which comes from a distant galaxy and is currently traversing our solar system, from the artificial intelligence revolution that is turning entire industries upside down, from democracies that are alarmingly faltering, to “damn it, where did I put my keys again?” – all of this is exhausting and leaves an uneasy feeling in the pit of one's stomach.
Between feeling overwhelmed and disinformation, life seems to have become more strenuous in recent months. What gives us stability?
