Some snow photos from the Kaiserstuhl

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Patrick
After posting a message this morning via Twitter, I received this message. Well now that New Zealand has been having a wonderful hot Sommer, I’d just like to inform, that we have had a miserable cold winter here in Germany. Most of the snow from last night has already melted… That’s why we live and grow wines on this lovely hot volcano ;-) … But anyway, here are some pics made a few minutes ago…
Nachdem ich heute morgen auf Twitter diese kleine Notiz veröffentlichte, erhielt ich folgende Notiz. Zur Aufklärung möchte ich deshalb hinweisen, dass wir in Neuseeland zur Zeit einen sehr heißen Sommer haben und hier in Deutschland umso stärker im schmuddeligen Winter stecken.

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  • http://wein-ultes.over-blog.de derUltes

    Da sieht man aber sehr gut wie direkt und unmittelbar das Medium Twitter funktioniert!

  • http://www.jdapdx.com Jim Dittmer

    I wondered how you were able to grow Pinot grapes in the German climate! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a German Pinot here in Oregon (USA). Do you follow the same classifications as the whites (Auslesen, Berenauslesen, etc) or is the goal to produce drier wines?

  • http://www.johner.de Patrick

    Jim,

    as we are one of the first Winerys in Germany with a burgundian vinification philosophy way back in 1985, it was the time when oakiness in a wine was regarded by german A.P. commision as a bad wine fault. We had to declare the wines as Deutscher Tafelwein but were really succesful. Finally Germany had a red wine in the style of Burgundy.

    All that Prädikats Philosophy seems to work well regrading the sweetness of German Riesling. But the Kaiserstuhl is too warm for Riesling. So we do serious Pinot Noir. Our very big idol is high class Burgundy with absotuely dry wines.

    Cheers Patrick