Vineyards

Grapes carried by hand during harvest on a steep Mosel vineyard
Young grape clusters and leaves on a Mosel vine
Harvested dark grapes in colourful picking crates
Mosel river and village viewed through vineyard rows

Single-post vines and dry-stone walls on a steep Mosel terrace

Our four hectares of vines are spread out over 15 small parcels scattered throughout the valley across the villages of Pünderich, Briedel, Zell, St. Aldegund, Neef, Ediger-Eller, and Briedern. One quarter of our vineyards consist of old, sometimes pre-war, ungrafted Riesling vines trained in the traditional way”Einzelpfahlerziehung” (single post) on steep, dry-walled terraces. Riesling makes up roughly a third of what we farm, we also farm three different Pinot varieties, Chardonnay, Müller-Thurgau, and Johanniter.

Our approach to farming is guided by common sense and respect for the living ecosystem around us. We intervene as little as possible, working to keep our soils alive as the vines root deeply into the poor slate, undisturbed by herbicides or chemical fertilizers. We respect the complexity of nature’s cycles and believe that each intervention can create the need for another correction. Our aim is to work with those cycles, guide where necessary, and keep learning from our vineyards year after year.


Freshly harvested white grapes in a vineyard picking bin
Harvest crates loaded on a vineyard vehicle
Snow-covered rows on a terraced Mosel vineyard
Handwork in a steep vineyard above a Mosel village
Repairing a dry-stone vineyard wall
Sunlight through vine leaves beside ripening grapes
Green vine rows on a steep slope above the Mosel
Freshly harvested pink-skinned grapes in orange picking crates