Weinwissen aus der Pfalz – Terroir, Rebsorten & nachhaltiger Weinbau

Was macht einen großen Riesling aus? Wie prägen Granit, Kalkmergel, Buntsandstein und Schiefer den Charakter eines Weins? Und warum sind PiWi-Rebsorten wie Cabernet blanc die Zukunft des nachhaltigen Weinbaus?
In unserem Weinwissen nehmen wir euch mit in die Welt von Terroir, Klima, Böden, Rebsorten und Pfälzer Weinkultur – direkt aus dem Familienweingut seit 1788. Gleichzeitig lassen wir euch mit einem Augenzwinkern und Pfälzer Charme hinter die Kulissen unseres Weinguts blicken. Viel Spaß bei unserem WeinGeplauder!

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» 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:

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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.

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The winegrower has two arch-enemies: Oidium and Peronospora . Sounds like science fiction, but it's powdery mildew.
This causes the vines to wither. There's no cure for it... (at least that's what people thought for a long time), and that's why pesticides have to be sprayed - or the harvest has to be abandoned.
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