MATERNE &
SCHMITT
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Germany, Mosel
Very Steep - And a Little Crazy.
Materne & Schmitt
Friedrichstr. 1B
56333 Winningen
Germany
+49 (0) 173 5851636
riesling (at) materne-schmitt.de
Materne & Schmitt
Our decision to settle at the Terrassenmosel often evokes surprise. One answer might be that it’s about preserving the incredible beauty of this cultural landscape, where distinctive, mineral-rich Rieslings thrive. But the answer could also be that, perhaps, we’re a little crazy…
In any case, it’s the best decision we’ve ever made.
We delight in the beauty. Every day. But it also demands a lot. Every day, we climb up and down countless stairs. All work must be done by hand. Avoiding herbicides requires additional effort. At 30°C on the steep slopes, when the slate soil heats up, and the sweat flows as energy wanes—those are the moments when you wish for nothing more than to relax with a bottle of wine by the Mosel’s banks.
But a moment is just a moment, and the good feeling of having given everything for our vines, along with the anticipation of a wine that rewards us, quickly makes all the effort fade away. Because we do it for our love, our Riesling.
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