One of Germany's oldest and most prestigious wineries, Weingut von Winning was founded in 1849 and revived as a family enterprise in 2007 by Achim Niederberger, bringing in the extremely talented Stephan Attman as winemaker. Practicing organic and with enviable holdings of Grosses Gewächs vineyards, Von Winning produces the most internationally renowned dry wines in Germany.The Von Winning philosophy has historically relied on respectful cooperation with nature, with no use of herbicides or synthetical fertilisers in the vineyard, no fining and no use of pumping or filtration. Going against the more common (and less expensive) use of stainless steel fermentation, all of Von Winning's Rieslings are fermented in oak barrels of different sizes, which contributes to their structure and complexity.
Out of our own demand for quality and tradition, the original viticultural principles reemerged, allowing our vineyards to regain the face of earlier times!We ferment our musts relatively turbid and without artificial cooling in different size oak barrels using their indigenous yeasts. Here the precious phenols polymerize to bestow a deep and complex aroma upon our wines. Subsequently, the wines are bottled with minimal handling and often without the aid of filtration.