100% Mller Thurgau grapes from 60 year old vines in Iphofen, Bavaria, Germany

Bright-fruited, textural Mller Thurgau with pithy, limey acidity

Andi follows the same process for each of his whites: grapes are hand harvested, and are pressed directly in the 100-year-old basket press. Juice is then transferred to wooden barrels for nine months or so before bottling unfined and unfiltered.

Andi Weigand is part of the new wave of “college-escapee” winemakers sweeping Germany, overturning old expectations of his homeland’s wine, but with a definite sense of place. The second generation of his family to make wine, Andi was inspired by visits to natural winemakers with his college mates.

Vineyards are mostly on or around the Iphfer Kronsberg, a hill which rises precipitously from the plain below. Unique Keuper soils give the wines power without high alcohol. Andi works on the sides or lower down the hill to achieve more subtlety in his wines compared to other area producers, whose steep south-facing slopes now receive much more sunshine perhaps climate-change induced.

Mixing tradition with progress Andi uses an 80-year-old basket press and vinifies in large German oak. He also experiments with maceration in qvevri.