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, July 25, 2018

Hanging the wires

The young vines in our Ried Katterstein have grown quite beautifully, and the trellis wires are being installed.

They help the vines to grow in the proper direction.

Now that the green harvest is finished, we have the time to do this.

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Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Green harvest

2018's vineyard vegetation cycle strides forward, and we are currently occupied with the green harvest, also called 'thinning-out'.

This process reduces the number of clusters hanging on each vine, guaranteeing plenty of sunshine and grapes of optimal ripeness.

… and it takes about as much time as the actual harvest itself will.

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