News — Vollenweider

Half a lifetime ago...

Posted by YiXin Ong on

I got to know Daniel Vollenweider in 1999 when we were both interns at Dr. Loosen, working with the inimitable Berni Schug, then and now the kellermeister. Daniel told me about his plans to start his own winery and how there was a great and affordable vineyard several bends downstream opposite the village of Wolf. The very next vintage, I went to work for Daniel, and have never looked back, following each change with interest (and sometimes direct intervention) - the introduction of site-specific bottlings like Portz and Reiler (now banned), the experiments with the Schimbock site, the introduction and move towards drier...

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