Moselle wine culture
The Mosel wine region is approx. 2000 years old. The Romans introduced wine to the Mosel district at around the time of Christ's birth.Today's terraced landscape is several hundred years old.
In 1786, Archbishop Clemens Wenzeslaus advocated the planting of Riesling vines instead of the red grape varieties prevalent at the time.
He made the planting of Riesling obligatory while forbidding the planting of other grape varieties in those vineyards that were obliged to pay taxes to him.
Most of the terraced vineyards that the Griess-Dany family uses today date from Napoleonic and Prussian times.
Even today the Riesling is the most popular traditional grape variety grown in this region, which is the largest contiguous Riesling growing area in the world.
The Griess-Dany family
Wine has been made on our property since 1921, the golden age of Mosel viticulture, when the grandfather of Rainer Griess-Dany took over this estate on the banks of the Mosel. Rainer Griess-Dany is now the third generation of his family to produce wines here.The Goldblume / Sonnenring vineyards
The Löfer Sonnenring vineyard lies on a steep slope with a gradient of up to 50 %. The terraces consist of a high percentage of blue and grey slate as well as shale and greywacke.The Löfer Goldblume vineyard extends as far as the well-known wine town of Hatzenport in various different terrains, ranging from flat vineyards to terraced slopes.
Our Riesling
We focus on the fruitybouqet and taste of
our Riesling wines.
The Riesling grape
yields a subtle
fruitiness which is
distinctly
discernable in the wine.
See our selection of finest Riesling wines.
What distinguishes our
wine from others
The vines are up to 60 years old and produce grapes of outstanding quality. The crop size in vines of this age is reduced by around one third.All grapes are handpicked and highest quality is guaranteed.