Kollwentz - Römerhof Wine Estate

All grapes from our own vineyards are picked by hand. This implies rigorous selection directly on the vine - only fully ripe, unscathed fruit ends up in the cellar. By the way: we have no irrigation systems in our vineyards. It is true that in extremely dry years it may happen that we forgo one or another harvest from young vineyards. On the other hand, the vines will root substantially more deeply, thus releasing extra aromas and flavors as well as power into the grapes.

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Beerenauslese

Dry weather in the past few days has led the berries on the Scheurebe vines
to shrivel quite substantially.
Today we had the loveliest possible weather - gorgeous sunshine - and
harvested 450 kilogrammes!
Our Scheu is now in the press house, and we are excited to see how high the
degree of sugar will reach - we shall know more tomorrow evening!

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Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Restoration and recultivation of a vineyard

We are recultivating a vineyard and the adjacent embankment in the Ried Katerstein. Acacia bushes are being cut away and the underbrush cleared out.

As a result, the sun will once more find its way to the stone walls – and the lizards will be quite pleased!