Winemakers.
On the grape and its origins, vineyards and people, history and curiosities. Researched, backed by sources and told without hurry.
Winemakers
3 articlesHeymann-Löwenstein: the terroir rebel and the three faces of the Uhlen
For decades in Winningen, Reinhard Löwenstein argued that slate says more about a wine than must weight. In November 2025 the family announced the sale of the estate, and since January 2026 a new managing director has been in charge. The terraces remain.
Peter Lauer: Riesling by house number
In the Saar village of Ayl, the wines carry no fanciful names, only cask numbers. Behind the numbering lie a cellar full of Fuder casks, a grandfather with a sense of order and a slope that tells its story parcel by parcel.
The steep-slope rescuers: who is giving the Mosel back its hillsides
Every year, vineyard land on the Mosel disappears into scrub. A few winegrowers are going the other way and reclaiming abandoned steep sites. Four examples – and why the sums still don’t add up.