Friday, November 30, 2018

Germany’s Best Winemakers – Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2019 Awards

Picture: Friedrich Keller, Fritz Keller and Annette Schiller at Weingut Franz Keller, Baden

The new Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland – for 2019 – was published on November 13, 2018. It reviews on about 1000 pages more than 11.500 wines of 1065 wineries. Its rating symbol is a grape and Germany’s best winemakers are awarded one to five grapes.

In addition to this posting:

Germany’s Best Winemakers – Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2019 Awards 

I will also post about the following:

Germany’s Top Winemakers (With 5/5 Grapes) - Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2019
Winemaker of the Year - Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2019: Fritz and Friedrich Keller, Weingut Franz Keller, Baden
Germany’s Best Wines – Seven 100 Points Wines in the Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2019

Winemaker of the Year:

Fritz und Friedrich Keller, Weingut Franz Keller, Baden

Baden
59 hectares
34% Grauburgunder, 29% Spätburgunder, 16% Weissburgunder
4/5 Grapes

Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2018 (translated by CS): "Grab and let go, Fritz Keller can do both. With heart, hand and intellect, he has made his father's winery even bigger. Now he confidentely puts it into the hands of his son Friedrich. Together they continue the story - the wines are more expressive and personal than ever", the Gault & Millau honors the duo. And further: " In terms of elegance and expression, the collection presented this year surpasses everything that this winery with a long tradition has shown so far. It testifies to the knowledgeable and courageous hand of Friedrich, who knows how to use the trust placed in him and the early responsibility with great confidence." For this achievement, the winery receives four out of five possible grapes.

Picture: Tasting with Fritz Keller at Weingut Franz Keller in Oberbergen, Baden

See also:

Weingut Franz Keller in Oberbergen, Kaiserstuhl, Baden: Cellar Tour and Tasting with Fritz Keller – Germany-South Wine Tour by ombiasy (2014)
Tour and Tasting at Weingut Franz Keller in Oberbergen, Baden – Germany-South Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2015)
Dinner at Restaurant Schwarzer Adler, 1 Star Michelin, Oberbergen, Kaiserstuhl, Baden - Germany-South and Alsace 2017 Tour by ombiasy WineTours

Rising Star of the Year: 

Albert Behler, Weingut Karthäuserhof, Ruwer

Mosel
19 hectares
90% Riesling
3/5 Grapes

Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2018 (translated by CS): The estate can look back to over 750 years of winemaking tradition. With the Eitelsbacher Karthäuserhofberg, it owns a world-renowed monopoly vineyard. In recent years, it has lost a bit of its reputation. Thanks to Albert Behler, according to the editors, it is now experiencing a rebirth: "With prudence and foresight, Albert Behler brings a jewel of German wine culture back to sparkle." Once upon a time, the wines of the Karthaeuserhof were legendary - now they shine in new splendor and talk about their great past and bright future. " The Gault & Millau team awards three red grapes. 

Picture: Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland Editor-in-Chief and Albert Behler (Photo: Gault Millau)

See also:

The Karthäuserhof in the Mosel Valley: An Eventful History – From Grenoble in France to New York City in the US

Discovery of the Year:

Simone Adams, AdamsWein, Rheinhessen

Rheinhessen
3/5 Grapes

Gault Millau WeinGuide Deutschland 2018 (translated by CS): Simone Adams took over the family winery in 2010 after the unexpected death of her father and changed it quite radically. "With a keen spirit, crystal clear vision and great sensitivity, Simone Adams gives the Burgundy varieties a profile," says the editorial staff. "She captures the Kalkboden terroir in her hometown of Ingelheim authentically and at the same time with a very personal handwriting - thus giving an old terroir a new expression.". In the Gault & Millau Wine Guide 2019 she receives three grapes.

Picture: Simone Adams at Frankfurt/ Wein in 2014

See also:

Frankfurt/Wein Celebrated with the German Wine Queen Nadine Poss and 5 Winemakers: Simone Adams, Weingut Simone Adams, Markus Berres, Weingut C.H. Berres, Stefan Braunewell, Weingut Braunewell, Carmen von Nell-Breuning, Dominikaner Weingut, and Stephan Attmann, Weingut von Winning

schiller-wine: Related Postings

UPCOMING Tours/ Wine Dinners/ Tastings - Annette and Christian Schiller/ ombiasyPR & WineTours/ schiller-wine, Germany, France, USA (Issued: November 1, 2018)

Ombiasy Wine Tours 2018: 3 x France and 3 x Germany - Ombiasy Newsletter December 2017

Weingut Franz Keller in Oberbergen, Kaiserstuhl, Baden: Cellar Tour and Tasting with Fritz Keller – Germany-South Wine Tour by ombiasy (2014)

Tour and Tasting at Weingut Franz Keller in Oberbergen, Baden – Germany-South Tour by ombiasy WineTours (2015)

Dinner at Restaurant Schwarzer Adler, 1 Star Michelin, Oberbergen, Kaiserstuhl, Baden - Germany-South and Alsace 2017 Tour by ombiasy WineTours

The Karthäuserhof in the Mosel Valley: An Eventful History – From Grenoble in France to New York City in the US

Frankfurt/Wein Celebrated with the German Wine Queen Nadine Poss and 5 Winemakers: Simone Adams, Weingut Simone Adams, Markus Berres, Weingut C.H. Berres, Stefan Braunewell, Weingut Braunewell, Carmen von Nell-Breuning, Dominikaner Weingut, and Stephan Attmann, Weingut von Winning

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