Sweet Riesling was never the whole story
A younger generation is rewriting German wine from the ground up, farming organically and leaving the cellar alone. Over the past year we have followed it from Kitzingen in Franconia to the hills of Rheinhessen and the steep slate of the Mosel. Now we're truly getting excited.
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The German Cellar
From Rheinhessen and Franconia.
Meet the Growers
Notes from Germany
Three Cellars, one community.
German natural wine is being reshaped by a small, connected group of producers who share cellars, share ideas, and share vintages. We visited three of them and here is what we found.
We spent time with Michael Völker at 2Naturkinder in Franconia, where the vineyard is treated as habitat first. Bat boxes go up between the rows, guano returns to the soil and a share of every bottle funds conservation. Nothing filtered, no sulphur added.
Daisy Merrick and Antoine Lucchesi bottling at Soma Vines. Before 2023 they made their wine inside Andi Mann's cellar two full vintages, one producer inside another. The wines are négoce; the ambition is honest and the relationships behind the grapes are real.
Andi Mann at Weingut Mann, farming organically since 1984 much earlier than their peers. His cellar has hosted the next generation of winemaker and together with his Geisenheim classmates they now sit among the most talked-about young winemakers in the country.
We spent time with Michael Völker at 2Naturkinder in Franconia, where the vineyard is treated as habitat first. Bat boxes go up between the rows, guano returns to the soil and a share of every bottle funds conservation. Nothing filtered, no sulphur added.
Daisy Merrick and Antoine Lucchesi bottling at Soma Vines. Before 2023 they made their wine inside Andi Mann's cellar two full vintages, one producer inside another. The wines are négoce; the ambition is honest and the relationships behind the grapes are real.
Andi Mann at Weingut Mann, farming organically since 1984 much earlier than their peers. His cellar has hosted the next generation of winemaker and together with his Geisenheim classmates they now sit among the most talked-about young winemakers in the country.
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