2017 VDP Trade Fair Weinbörse - Vintage 2016 - in Mainz: Schiller’s Report

Picture: Annette Schiller, ombiasy PR and WineTours, with Armin Diel, Schlossgut Diel, and Helmut Dönnhoff, Weingut Dönnhoff. at the 2017 VDP Weinbörse in Mainz

See also:
Wine Tasting and Cellar Tour at Weingut Dönnhoff with Christina Dönnhoff – Germany-North Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2014)
Tasting with Sylvain Taurisson Diel at Schlossgut Diel, Nahe – Germany-North Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2014)

The Weinbörse, the annual spring trade fair of the VDP, the association of about 200 elite wine producers in Germany, took place on Sunday and Monday, 23 and 24 April 2017, in the Rheingoldhalle of Mainz. Worldwide, the Weinbörse is the only trade fair that focuses exclusively on fine German wines.

Pictures: Rheingoldhalle in Mainz

44. Weinbörse

At this year’s fair, the first comprehensive debut of the 2016 vintage, 182 VDP producers presented 1,521 wines from all German wine-growing regions. Compared with large, international trade fairs the Weinbörse is “klein aber fein,” i.e. “good things come in small packages.”

The 2,000-square-meter exhibition area in the Rheingoldhalle is all on one floor and provides ample space for the tasting stands as well as the areas reserved for individual discussions. Exhibiting estates are organized according to region and alphabetically within their respective region, as is the catalogue listing the wines available.

Picture: The VDP Geschäftsstelle-Team, headed by Hilke Nagel and Alexia Putze: Congratualations for a Job well done

1521 wines were  poured, including 775 Riesling, 207 Spätburgunder, 123 Weißburgunder, 63 Grauburgunder, 94 Silvaner, and 42 Lemberger wines.

Pictures: 2017 VDP Trade Fair Weinbörse - Vintage 2016 - in Mainz

The VDP

The VDP is the world’s oldest and only national association of top-quality wine estates. From the vineyard to the cellar, VDP members voluntarily adhere to stringent, in-house quality standards.

The four-tier VDP classification pyramid adopted in 2012 – VDP.GUTSWEIN, VDP.ORTSWEIN, VDP.ERSTE LAGE, and VDP.GROSSE LAGE – underscores the significance of origin as the basis of wine quality. The “VDP eagle,” a stylized eagle bearing a cluster of grapes, is mandatory on capsules and stands for terroir-driven viticulture and handcrafted winemaking.

See also:
The New Germany: Red, Sparkling and Dry - Tasting at the American Wine Society 2016 National Conference in Los Angeles, USA, led by Annette Schiller
The New Classification of German Wines: The VDP Classification - Annette Schiller Conducting a Seminar at the 2016 National Convention of the American Wine Society in Los Angeles, USA
The new (VDP) Wine Classification in Germany: Tasting Weingut Robert Weil Wines from Gutswein to Grosse Lage Wine

Picture: The 2017 VDP.Weinbörse Catalogue

“Wine markets are highly competitive, both nationally and internationally. Working with the clear positioning of our premium wines and the strict, origin-based quality classification hierarchy, our members have increasingly succeeded in establishing demand in all classification levels. Naturally the big volume sales come in the base segment involving VDP.GUTSWEIN. But we also see enormous growth potential in the range of the VDP.ORTSWEIN and VDP.ERSTE LAGE®. Customers, including those in export markets, are looking for regional wines with character, and understand that origin is the decisive quality characteristic,” says VDP President Steffen Christmann.

Average sales and average prices in 2016:

Domestic 77% (2015: 82%)
Export 23% (2015: 18 %)

VDP.GUTSWEIN 9.70 €
VDP.ORTSWEIN 12.70 €
VDP.ERSTE LAGE® 17.00 €
VDP.GROSSE LAGE® 32.00 €

2017 VDP Trade Fair Weinbörse through Schiller's Camera Lens

Pictures: Annette and Christian Schiller with US Importer Rudi Wiest, Rudi Wiest Selections

Picture: Annette Schiller with Christian Schmidt (Jancis Robinson, Weinwisser) and Guiseppe Lauria (Weinwisser)

Pictures: Annette and Christian Schiller with Rachel Wong (VDP Ambassador, China). See also: Emerging Wine Giant China: Top Wine China 2014, Beijing, China

Picture: Annette Schiller with Evan Springarn (David Bowler) from New York. See also: The Annual "Slaughterhouse" Riesling Feast in New York: Rieslingfeier 2017, USA

Picture: "Sam" Hofschuster (Wein-Plus). See also: BEST OF Deutscher Riesling Trocken 2015 (Markus Hofschuster, Wein-Plus)

Picture: Annette Schiller with Winemaker Hajo Becker from the Rheingau

Picture: Harry Hochheimer and Christine Scharrer Boisset Family Estates), both from Frankfurt

Picture: Annette and Christian Schiller with Wine Journalist Stuart Pigott

Picture: Annette and Christian Schiller with Chef Martin Scharff, Scharffs Schlossweinstube (1 Star Michelin). See also: Wine-pairing Dinner at Scharffs Schlossweinstube (1 Star Michelin) and Weingut Kassner-Simon, with Chef Martin Scharff and Owner/ Winemaker Willi Simon, Heidelberg, Germany

Picture: Importers Justin Christoph and Danielle King from New York

Picture: Steffen Christmann and Paula Bosch. Sommelière Paula Bosch was awarded the "Ehrennadel in Silber" by Steffen Christmann at the 2017 Weinbörse

Vintage 2016

The wines of the 2016 vintage were at the center of the 2016 Weinbörse. Despite Extreme Weather. The year 2016 with its capricious weather conditions was a challenge for the wine makers. But it was worth the work. The new vintage is already much talked about. Here is a collection of assessments:

VDP President Steffen Christmann: Wines from the 2016 vintage are beautifully balanced and harmonious. They are characterized by fine acidity and charming, elegant fruit. Although the wet spring weather posed challenges for many winegrowers, harvest volumes ultimately proved satisfactory in many regions.

Mosel Fine Wines: The 2016 wines are characterized by nice and ripe aromatics, moderate richness (thanks to moderate sugar levels at picking) and ripe to juicy acidities. The wines show remarkably well at this early stage, adding to the overall charm of the vintage. The vintage seems quite an all-rounder, delivering well in all stylistic directions (dry, off-dry, fruity and sweet).

Terry Theise: I have a bad habit of burying the lead. This time I won’t. Nearly every vintage, even good, excellent or great ones, has a shadow side that expresses as a common flaw. It completes the sentence, “When XXXX doesn’t work it is usually because of…” 2016 does not appear to have a dark side. At least where I tasted, it is almost never not delicious, almost never ungainly, unbalanced or unappealing. I can hardly remember a more adorable vintage.

I don’t know where I’d place it on some grid of profundity or Solemn Importance. Neither do I care. I was too blasted by repeated inputs of joy, sheer joy, grinning, giddy, animal joy. But, not merely animal. Because this vintage can address the most humane, civilized, decent and grateful parts of us. It never clamors or fusses for our attention. It never preens or puts on some gaudy show. It doesn’t get its freak on because it doesn’t seem to have a freak at all. It is, instead, calmly and serenely delicious. Actually, fucking delicious.

It is a medium-weight vintage and its weight is elegantly and gracefully dispersed.

It is graceful overall, and also lithe, limber and lissome. It is strong when it needs to be, but it measures its strength judiciously and with restraint.

It shows every aspect of superb German Riesling, but doesn’t emphasize any at the expense of the others. It is neither a fruit driven nor floral driven nor mineral driven nor acid driven vintage – it is all of these. Whatever you like about these wines, you’ll find it in plenitude. Except, perhaps, for brash acidity. If you really are someone who craves a yelping brusque acid profile, you might find 2016 too demure.

But I don’t. I find it nearly perfect, with gazelle grace but with the gazelle’s sinewy energy when it wishes to leap and run.

If there is a “flaw” (which there isn’t) it is one of homogeneity, in which everyone’s wines are good in the same way. The same fine way, mind you, but if you like quirks and angles and clunky elements you might find 2016 too “correct.”

But I don’t. I find it wonderful.  Ordinary growers made nice wine, good growers made excellent wine, outstanding growers made wonderful wine, and great growers made stellar wine, and none of them sacrificed anything that made their wines unique. The wines are beautiful in their own various ways, but they are almost always beautiful.

Ombiasy WineTours

90% of the VDP members were present in Mainz. Prominent producers not present included Weingut Egon Müller and Weingut JJ Prüm from the Mosel, but also Weingut Pawis and Weingut Lützkendorf from the Saale Unstrut region and Weingut Zimmerling from Saxony.

Annette and I talked to and tasted the wines of about 1/3 of them during the 2 days. Our selection was very much driven by Annette's Germany tours by ombiasy WineTours: Germany-North, Germany-South and Germany-East.

See also:
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Picture: Annette and Christian Schiller at the Bopparder Hamm, Mittelrhein. See: Germany-North Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours: Quintessential German Riesling and the Northernmost Pinot Noir

Ahr

Deutzerhof - Cossmann-Hehle, J. J. Adeneuer, Kreuzberg, Jean Stodden, Meyer-Näkel, Nelles

Picture: Owner/ Winemaker Frank Josten of Weingut H.J. Kreuzberg and US Importer Justin Christoph from New York. See also: Tasting at Weingut H.J. Kreuzberg in Dernau, Ahr, with Ludwig Kreuzberg and Frank Josten – Germany-North Tour by ombiasy WineTours 2016

Picture: Annette Schiller at Weingut Nelles

Baden

Andreas Laible, Bercher, Bernhard Huber, Blankenhorn, Burg Ravensburg, Dr. Heger, Franz Keller, Freiherr von und zu Franckenstein, H. Schlumberger, Heitlinger, Konrad Schlör, Lämmlin-Schindler, Markgraf von Baden, Salwey, Schloss Neuweier, Seeger, Staatsweingut Freiburg, Stigler, Wöhrle

Picture: Annette Schiller, Stuart Pigott, Julian Huber, Weingut Bernhard Huber und Friedrich Keller, Weingut Franz Keller

Picture: Julian Huber and Yquem Viehauser. See also: Tasting at Weingut Bernhard Huber in Baden, with Yquem Viehauser and Julian Huber – Germany-South Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2015)

Picture: Friedrich Keller. See also: Tour and Tasting at Weingut Franz Keller in Oberbergen, Baden – Germany-South Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2015)

Pictures: Annette Schiller and Robert Schätzle. See also: Tour, Tasting (and Lunch) with Robert Schätzle, Owner and Winemaker, Weingut Schloss Neuweier in Baden – Germany-South Wine Tour by ombiasy (2015)

Picture: Annette Schiller and Moritz Haidle, Weingut Karl Haidle

Picture: Joachim Heger, Weingut Dr. Heger, and Armin Diel, Schlossgut Diel

Franken

Am Stein, Ludwig Knoll, Bernhard Höfler, Bickel-Stumpf, Bürgerspital zum Hl. Geist, Egon Schäffer, Fürst Löwenstein, Fürstlich Castell'sches Domänenamt, Glaser-Himmelstoss, Gregor Schwab, Hans Wirsching, Horst Sauer, Johann Ruck, Juliusspital Würzburg, Michael Fröhlich, Rainer Sauer, Roth, Rudolf Fürst, Rudolf May, Schmitt's Kinder, Staatlicher Hofkeller Würzburg, Stadt Klingenberg - Benedikt Baltes, Störrlein Krenig, Weltner, Zehnthof Luckert, Zur Schwane

Pictures: Martin Johann and Karl Martin Schmitt of Weingut Schmitt's Kinder with Annette Schiller. See also: Vineyard Tour and Tasting at Weingut Schmitt’s Kinder in Randersacker, Franken, with Martin Johann Schmitt – Germany-East Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours

Picture: Andrea Wirsching of Weingut Hans Wirsching, Iphofen with Rudi Wiest. See also: Tour and Tasting at Weingut Wirsching in Iphofen in Franken with General Manager Uwe Matheus – Germany-East Wine and Art Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2015)

Pictures: Benedikt Baltes and Julia Bertram, Weingut Benedikt Baltes in Klingenberg. See also: The 31-Days-of-German-Riesling Concert Cruise Around New York Harbor with the German Wine Queen Julia Bertram and the 3 Wine Amazones Tina Huff, Eva Vollmer and Mirjam Schneider from Mainz, Germany

Mittelrhein

Bastian, Lanius-Knab, Matthias Müller, Ratzenberger, Toni Jost - Hahnenhof

Picture: Annette Schiller with Johannes Müller of Weingut Matthias Müller. See also: Tasting at Weingut Matthias Müller in Spay, Mittelrhein, with Johannes and Matthias Müller - Germany-North Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours

Mosel-Saar-Ruwer

Clemens Busch, Dr. Fischer, Dr. Heinz Wagner, Dr. Loosen, Forstmeister Geltz-Zilliken, Fritz Haag, Grans-Fassian, Heymann-Löwenstein, Karthäuserhof, Maximin Grünhaus, NIK WEIS St. Urbans-Hof, Peter Lauer, Piedmont, Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt, Reinhold Haart, S. A. Prüm, Schloss Lieser, Schloss Saarstein, Stiftungsweingut Vereinigte Hospitien, Van Volxem, Von Hövel, Von Othegraven, Willi Haag, Wwe. Dr. H. Thanisch, Erben Thanisch

Picture: Annette Schiller and Carl von Schubert. See also: Weingut Maximin Grünhaus Joins VDP, the Association of Germany’s Elite Winemakers

Pictures: Günther Jauch, Owner, his Wife and Andreas Barth, Managing Director, Weingut von Othegraven

Pictures: Reinhard Löwenstein, Weingut Heymann-Löwenstein. his Daughter and Annette Schiller

Picture: Annette Schiller and Oliver Haag, Weingut Fritz Haag

Pictures: Annette Schiller and Clemens Busch, Weingut Clemens Busch. See also: Vineyard Tour and Wine Tasting at Weingut Clemens Busch – Germany-North Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2014)

Picture: Max von Kunow, Weingut von Hövel. See also: Cellar Tour and Wine Tasting at Weingut Von Hövel in Konz, Saar Valley, Mosel, with Owner and Winemaker Max von Kunow - Germany-North Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2014)

Picture: Annette Schiller, Dorothee Zilliken​ and Hanno Zilliken of Weingut Forstmeister-Geltz Zilliken. See also: Cellar Tour and Tasting at Weingut Forstmeister Geltz-Zilliken with Hanno Zilliken - Germany-North Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours

Nahe

Dr. Crusius, Emrich-Schönleber, Gut Hermannsberg, H. Dönnhoff, Joh. Bapt. Schäfer, Kruger-Rumpf, Prinz Salm, Schlossgut Diel, Schäfer-Fröhlich

Pictures: Armin Diel, Schlossgut Diel and Winemaker Christoph J. Friedrich. See also: Tasting with Sylvain Taurisson Diel at Schlossgut Diel, Nahe – Germany-North Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2014)

Picture: Stefan, Philipp and Georg Kruger-Rumpf. See also: Wine Dinner with Tour at Weingut Kruger-Rumpf in Münster-Sarmsheim, Nahe, with Georg Rumpf – Germany-North Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2015), Germany

Picture: Annette Schiller and Helmut Dönnhoff. See also: See also: Wine Tasting and Cellar Tour at Weingut Dönnhoff with Christina Dönnhoff – Germany-North Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2014)

Pfalz

A. Christmann, Acham-Magin, Bergdolt - Klostergut St. Lamprecht, Bernhart, Dr. Bürklin-Wolf, Dr. Wehrheim, Fitz-Ritter, Friedrich Becker, Geheimer Rat Dr. von Bassermann-Jordan, Georg Mosbacher, Georg Siben Erben, Herbert Meßmer, Karl Schaefer, Knipser, Kranz, Müller-Catoir, Münzberg - Lothar Kessler & Söhne, Pfeffingen - Fuhrmann-Eymael, Philipp Kuhn, Reichsrat von Buhl, Rings, Siegrist, Theo Minges, Von Winning - Dr. Deinhard, Ökonomierat Rebholz

Picture: Annette Schiller and Richard Grosche, Managing Director of Weingut Reichsgraf von Buhl. See also: Winemaker Dinner at Weingut Reichsrat von Buhl in Deidesheim, Pfalz, Germany

Picture: Annette Schiller and Steffen Christmann. See also: Tour and Tasting at Weingut A. Christmann in Gimmeldingen, Pfalz, with Steffen Christmann – Germany-South Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2015), Germany

Pictures: Weingut Ökonomierat Rebholz with former German Wine Princess Sabine Wagner, Birgit Rebholz, Eva Clüsserath-Wittmann (Weingut Wittmann). See also: Tasting at Weingut Ökonomierat Rebholz in Siebeldingen, Pfalz – Germany-South by ombiasy WineTours (2015). See also: German Wine Princess Sabine Wagner on US East Coast Tour, US/Germany

Rheingau

August Eser, August Kesseler, Balthasar Ress, Baron Knyphausen, Diefenhardt, Domdechant Werner'sches Weingut, Domäne Schloss Johannisberg, Dr. Nägler, F. B. Schönleber Wein- und Sektgut, Freiherr Langwerth von Simmern, Freimuth, Fritz Allendorf, G.H. von Mumm, Geheimrat J. Wegeler - Gutshaus Rheingau, Georg Müller Stiftung, Graf von Kanitz, Hamm, Hans Lang – Urban Kaufmann, Hessische Staatsweingüter Kloster Eberbach, Jakob Jung, Joachim Flick, Johannishof, Josef Spreitzer, Künstler, Peter Jakob Kühn, Prinz, Prinz von Hessen, Robert König, Robert Weil, Schloss Vollrads, Wein- und Sektgut Barth, Weingut Leitz, Weingut der Hochschule Geisenheim, von Oetinger

Picture: Annette Schiller, Carsten M. Stammen, Vicampo.de, and Achim von Oetinger. See also: Tour and Tasting at Weingut von Oetinger, Rheingau, with Achim von Oetinger – Germany-North 2016 by ombiasy WineTours

Picture: Owner Peter Winter and Winemaker Tim Lilienström, Weingut Georg Müller Stiftung. See also: A Painted Winetasting at Weingut Georg Mueller Stiftung in Hattenheim (Eltville), Rheingau, Germany

Picture: Johannes Leitz. See also: Vineyard Tour, Cellar Tour and Tasting at Weingut Leitz in Rüdesheim, with Johannes Leitz – Germany-North Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours

Picture: Deputy Managing Director Christine Müller, Weingut Schloss Vollrads, and Annette Schiller

Pictures: August Kesseler. See also: Cellar Tour and Tasting at Weingut August Kesseler in Assmanshausen, with Winemaker Simon Batarseh – Germany-North Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours

Pictures: Wilhelm Weil, Weingut Robert Weil and Annette and Christian Schiller. See also: Robert Weil Goes Burgundy - A New Line of Wines: Weinhaus Robert Weil Junior, Chardonnay and Pinot Unique

Pictures: US Exporter Derek Vinicombe, Tom Elliot, North West Wines, San Francisco, Annette Schiller. See also: Lighting and the Flavor of Wine - With Winemaker Ulrich Allendorf in his Aroma Vineyard and Color Room at Weingut Allendorf in Oestrich Winkel, Rheingau, Germany

Picture: Weingut Spreitzer. See also: Tour and Tasting at Weingut Spreitzer in Oestrich, Rheingau, with Bernd Spreitzer – Germany-North Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2015)

Picture: Alexander Jung of Weingut Jakob Jung. See also: At Weingut Jakob Jung in Erbach, Rheingau, with Winemaker Alexander Johannes Jung, Germany

Picture: Eva Raps and Urban Kaufmann of Weingut Hans Lang. See also: Family-style Wine-pairing Lunch at Weingut Hans Lang - Kaufmann, with Owners/ Winemakers Urban Kaufmann and Eva Raps - Germany-North Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours

Rheinhessen

Battenfeld Spanier, Brüder Dr. Becker, Gunderloch, Gutzler, J. Neus, K. F. Groebe, Kühling-Gillot, Rappenhof, Schloss Westerhaus, Schätzel, St. Antony, Staatliche Weinbaudomäne Oppenheim, Wagner-Stempel, Winter, Wittmann

Picture: Annette Schiller and Johannes Hasselbach of Weingut Gunderloch. See also: Wine Tasting at Weingut Gunderloch in Nackenheim, with Owners and Winemaker Fritz Hasselbach and Agnes Hasselbach-Usinger – Germany-South Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2014)

Pictures: Philipp Wittmann, Weingut Wittmann, Thomas Haag, Weingut Schloss Lieser and Günther Jauch, Weingut von Othegraven. See also: Cellar Tour and Wine Tasting with Philipp Wittmann and Eva Clüsserath-Wittmann at Weingut Wittmann in Westhofen – Germany-South Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2014)

Picture: US Importer Rudi Wiest with Caroline Gillot-Spanier and H.O. Spanier of Weingut Battenfeld-Spanier and Weingut Kühling-Gillot. See also: Wine Tasting at Weingut Kühling-Gillot in Bodenheim: Kühling-Gillot and Battenfeld-Spanier Wines – Germany-North Wine Tour by ombiasy (2014)

Sachsen

Schloss Proschwitz - Prinz zur Lippe

Pictures: Georg Prinz zur Lippe of Weingut Schloss Proschwitz with Annette Schiller, Tom Elliot, North West Wines, San Francisco, Christian Schiller, Paula Sidore, Journalist, and Evan Springarn, Bowler Wines in New York. See also: Dining with Prinz zur Lippe, Owner of Weingut Schloss Proschwitz, at the Lippe’sches Gutshaus - Germany-East Wine and Art Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2015)

Württemberg

Aldinger, Beurer, Dautel, Drautz-Able, Fürst Hohenlohe Oehringen, Graf Adelmann, Graf von Bentzel Sturmfeder, Hans-Peter Wöhrwag, Heid, Herzog von Württemberg, Jürgen Ellwanger, Karl Haidle, Kistenmacher-Hengerer, Rainer Schnaitmann, Schlossgut Hohenbeilstein, Staatsweingut Weinsberg, Wachtstetter, Weingut des Grafen Neipperg

Picture: Annette Schiller and General Manager/ Winemaker Jochen Brand. See also: Vineyard Tour, Cellar Tour, Lunch and Tasting at Weingut Fürst Hohenlohe Oehringen in Oehringen–Verrenberg, Württemberg – Germany-East Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours

Picture: Jochen Beurer, Weingut Beurer. See also: The Annual "Slaughterhouse" Riesling Feast in New York: Rieslingfeier 2017, USA

Picture: Annette Schiller and Kilian Graf von Bentzel-Sturmfeder, Weingut Graf von Bentzel-Sturmfeder. See also: Cellar Tour, Tasting and Dinner with Kilian Graf von Bentzel-Sturmfeder, Weingut Graf von Bentzel-Sturmfeder in Schozach, Württemberg - Germany-East Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours

Pictures: Matthias Aldinger, Weingut Aldinger with Gert Aldinger and Karl Eugen Erbgraf zu Neipperg, Weingut Des Grafen Neipperg. Matthias and his brother Hansjörg Aldinger are the 2017 Falstaff Newcomers of the Year. See: Best German Winemakers - Falstaff Deutschland Wine Trophies 2017

Side Events

As every year, there were a number of side-events, including:

Wine Meets.Mainz - VDP.Ortswein Party (April 22)

Opening party at Laubenheimer Höhe on April 22 on the evening before the start of the Weinbörse.

Picture: Ralf Schönleber, Wein- und Sektgut F.B. Schönleber, and Annette Schiller. See also: Cellar Tour, Tasting and Dinner at Wein- und Sektgut F.B. Schönleber in Östrich-Winkel, Rheingau, with Ralph and Bernd Schönleber - Germany-North Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours

Picture: Philipp Wittmann, Stefan Winter and Annette Schiller. See also: Cellar Tour and Wine Tasting with Philipp Wittmann and Eva Clüsserath-Wittmann at Weingut Wittmann in Westhofen – Germany-South Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2014)

VDP.Börsentreff at Frank Buchholz’ Bootshaus (April 23)

VDP.Rheinhessen Invites (April 23)

VDP.Rheinhessen Wine-pairing Dinner with Chef Philipp Stern (Favorite in Mainz, 1 star Michelin)  at Laubenheimer Höhe on April 23. By invitation only.

Pictures: Christian Schiller, Felix Peters, Weingut St. Antony and H.O. Spanier, Weingut Battenfeld-Spanier and Weingut Kühling-Gillot. See also: Wine Tasting at Weingut Kühling-Gillot in Bodenheim: Kühling-Gillot and Battenfeld-Spanier Wines – Germany-North Wine Tour by ombiasy (2014)

Laurenz Pop Up Bar on April 23

Picture: Laurenz Pop Up Bar

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A Painted Winetasting at Weingut Georg Mueller Stiftung in Hattenheim (Eltville), Rheingau, Germany

Vineyard Tour, Cellar Tour and Tasting at Weingut Leitz in Rüdesheim, with Johannes Leitz – Germany-North Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours

Cellar Tour and Tasting at Weingut August Kesseler in Assmanshausen, with Winemaker Simon Batarseh – Germany-North Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours

Robert Weil Goes Burgundy - A New Line of Wines: Weinhaus Robert Weil Junior, Chardonnay and Pinot Unique

Lighting and the Flavor of Wine - With Winemaker Ulrich Allendorf in his Aroma Vineyard and Color Room at Weingut Allendorf in Oestrich Winkel, Rheingau, Germany

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Spreitzer in Oestrich, Rheingau, with Bernd Spreitzer – Germany-North Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2015)

At Weingut Jakob Jung in Erbach, Rheingau, with Winemaker Alexander Johannes Jung, Germany

Family-style Wine-pairing Lunch at Weingut Hans Lang - Kaufmann, with Owners/ Winemakers Urban Kaufmann and Eva Raps - Germany-North Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours

Wine Tasting at Weingut Gunderloch in Nackenheim, with Owners and Winemaker Fritz Hasselbach and Agnes Hasselbach-Usinger – Germany-South Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2014)

Cellar Tour and Wine Tasting with Philipp Wittmann and Eva Clüsserath-Wittmann at Weingut Wittmann in Westhofen – Germany-South Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2014)

Wine Tasting at Weingut Kühling-Gillot in Bodenheim: Kühling-Gillot and Battenfeld-Spanier Wines – Germany-North Wine Tour by ombiasy (2014)

Dining with Prinz zur Lippe, Owner of Weingut Schloss Proschwitz, at the Lippe’sches Gutshaus - Germany-East Wine and Art Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2015)

Vineyard Tour, Cellar Tour, Lunch and Tasting at Weingut Fürst Hohenlohe Oehringen in Oehringen–Verrenberg, Württemberg – Germany-East Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours

Cellar Tour, Tasting and Dinner with Kilian Graf von Bentzel-Sturmfeder, Weingut Graf von Bentzel-Sturmfeder in Schozach, Württemberg - Germany-East Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours

Best German Winemakers - Falstaff Deutschland Wine Trophies 2017

Cellar Tour, Tasting and Dinner at Wein- und Sektgut F.B. Schönleber in Östrich-Winkel, Rheingau, with Ralph and Bernd Schönleber - Germany-North Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours