The winery is located in the municipality of Fellbach (Remstal-Stuttgart area) in the German wine-growing region of Württemberg. The family, rich in tradition, has a 500-year winemaking tradition. The first vintage under its own label was produced in 1997 from what was then a small vineyard of only three hectares. Today, the vineyards cover 24 hectares of vines in the single vineyard sites Lämmler and Goldberg (Fellbach), Götzenberg (Uhlbach), Mönchberg (Untertürkheim), Altenberg and Burghalde (Schnait) and Schlossberg (Rotenberg), as well as areas in the municipalities of Endersbach, Stetten and Strümpfelbach. They are planted with the red wine varieties Trollinger (Schiava Grossa), Pinot Noir, Schwarzriesling (Pinot Meunier), Lemberger (Blaufränkisch), Muskat-Trollinger, Cabernet Franc and Merlot, as well as the white wine varieties Riesling (25%), Silvaner, Weißburgunder (Pinot Blanc), Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris), Gewürztraminer, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.
The conversion to organic viticulture, which has been practised for years, was completed in 2016 with certification. Since 2023, biodynamic cultivation has been carried out according to the rules of the respekt-BIODYN association. The quality criteria are close planting distances, low yields, foliage wall design as well as minimal use of plant protection products (herbicides) and fertilisation. The selective manual harvest of grapes, which are as ripe as possible, takes place in several rounds and in some years lasts over nine weeks. Gentle pressing is followed by spontaneous fermentation. The white wines are matured in stainless steel and a quarter in wood, mainly in 600-litre half-barrels. After the traditional maceration with a long maceration period and biological acid reduction, 95% of the red wines are matured in wooden barrels of 225 (barrique) to 1,800 litres; most of them in 300-litre barrels. The bottling is done without filtration, if possible. Fine spirits(yeast, pomace, fruit) and bottle-fermented sparkling wines are also produced.
