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Friday Nite Tasting Featuring 'Always A Reason For Riesling' 

Fri, June 21, 2019 (5:00 PM - 7:00 PM)

Cost: $10

The Dönnhoff family first came to the Nahe region over 200 years ago, and after establishing a modest farm slowly evolved into a full-fledged wine estate. Helmut Dönnhoff has been making the wine since 1971, and now his son Cornelius works alongside in the winery and vineyards. Their holdings represent some of the best in the Nahe and all of Germany. Although the Nahe is a dry region, Dönnhoff does not water their vineyards as to encourage deep rooted vines. The soil is covered with organic material like straw and compost to preserve water and to avoid evaporation and erosion in heavy rains.Grapes are always picked by hand at Dönnhoff over 2-3 passes through each vineyard. To preserve laser-like focus and clarity in the wines, the grapes are pressed as soon as possible – within 3 hours of picking. Wines are fermented in traditional German casks, as well as stainless steel with spontaneous fermentations. 

2017 Weingut Donnhoff 
Riesling Kabinett
Nahe, Germany

2017 Von Winning
Riesling Grosses Gewachs 
Pfalz, Germany

2017 Selbach-Oster
Riesling Spatlese
Mosel, Germany

2017 Weingut Alfred Merkelbach
Riesling Auslese
Mosel, Germany

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