PRAGER
The region of Wachau ranks among the most charming and ancient cultural historical landscapes of Austria. Weingut Prager perpetuates yesteryear's traditions to preserve them for the generations to come. Many generations of the Prager family have worked the vineyards here. A hereditary letter of Kloster Michaelbeuern, the original of which is in the family's possession, mentions three vineyards in the year 1715, that have remained part of the estate to this day: the terroirs "Ritzling", "Hinter der Burg", and "Leber".

CASISANO COLOMBAIO
Fattoria Casisano-Colombaio is a medium-sized Montalcino estate which is fast becoming one of the rising stars of this prestigious Tuscan wine Region. The estate was purchased in 1990 by the Ciarpella family, a medical family from Rome, who completely renovated the Casisiano cantina and the 18 hectares of vineyards. The estate is located on a south facing ridge between Montalcino, Sant Angelo in Colle and Catstel Nuovo dell' Abate. Riccardo Ciarpella is now the Casisano regisseur and supervises all the work in the vineyards while Dr Vagagini is oenologist. The vines have a high average age with over half of the grapes used in the Brunello coming from 70-year old vines. Since 1996 all the vineyards have been cultivated along organic lines. Without doubt an estate in ascendancy.

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PODERE SALICUTTI
The Estate Podere Salicutti covers 11 hectares of land comprising vineyards (around 4 hectares), olive groves (around 1.5 hectares and woods (3.30 hectares). The estate is managed directly by the owner Francesco Leanza who oversees the farming decisions, the winery operations and takes care of the administration and marketing. The land is farmed with organic methods following very simple techniques, which increase the fertility of the soil with the organic nutrients from stable manure and green-manuring with leguminous crops and cereals.

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ST, URBANS-HOF
The winery is dedicated to producing Rieslings that capture the individual terroir of the estate's vineyard sites. Great care is taken in the vineyard by Nik Weis and his vineyard manager Hermann Jostock in order to adhere to the belief that the truest expression of a wine's quality lies in the authenticity of its origin. In Nik's words, "the hightest quality wines are a result of hard work over the entire year. Intensive soil cultivation, precise shoot positioning, leaf thinning, crop reduction, selective hand-picking and late harvesting are all fundamental steps which must be taken in order to ensure that the wine reflects the character of the land on which it is grown."

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DR. H. THANISH (MÜLLER-BURGGRAEF)
The viticultural tradition of the Thanisch family can be traced back over 350 years: The oldest official documentation in Bernkastel is dated 1636. The quality of their wines quickly built and confirmed an outstanding reputation for the estate. The estate enhanced its already prestigious reputation in the middle of the 19th century under the management of Dr Hugo Thanisch. Today the Estate is owned by Margit Müller-Burggraef, one of Dr Hugo Thanisch's granddaughters.

The fame of the Berncasteler Doctor vineyard begin in the 1300s. When the King of Germany fell sick, he saw several reputed doctors but still unable to cure his health. One day, a wine grower approached the King with a small barrel of wine and said,” My Lord, this is the wine that we drank everyday and had lept us healthy.” Surprisely, the King become healthy after drinking the wine. As such, the King was very grateful to the wine grower and said,”What can I do for you in return?” But the wine grower said,” It was an honor for our wines to make you healthy my Lord, we do not want anything.” From that day onwards, the King named the plot of vine that made him healthy “Doctor”. The Berncasteler Doctor vineyard remain 3.5 hectares till date, and is owned by only four families. Thanisch owns more than ¼ over the Berncasteler Doctor site.

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CH BERRES
CH Berres winery is a family estate located in Uerzig at the river Mosel. It builds upon an old tradition with its origins dating back to 1510. Until 2004, the estate was owned and managed by Alfred Berres, while his son Markus Berres studied viticulture and oenology in Geisenheim / Germany. The 3.5 ha of vineyards managed by the C.H.BERRES estate are located on the slopes of the Mosel Valley. As all vineyards are very steep, all work is undertaken by hand. Not only the careful handcraft and grape selection is hugely important to produce our excellent and unique wines, but also the knowledge and feeling for the wine as well as the mild climate and the unique soils given by nature.

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JOSEF LEITZ
Winemaking has been in the Leitz family since 1744. However the Josef Leitz winery as it stands today was re-built in 1947 after suffering bad damage during the war. Today’s owner, Johannes, took control of the family business at a young age following the premature death of his father in 1985 and set out to re-establish the reputation of Weingut Leitz. When Johannes first took a hold of the reins, the estate consisted of just 3 hectares of vineyard; he grew this to 28 and in 2007 took over the Weingut Erbslöh in Geisenheim, expanding the Leitz operation to include 32 hectares of vineyard in Geisenheim and Rüdesheim. Today, Weingut Josef Leitz, a member of the VDP, produces quality German Riesling with an international reputation.

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JOHANNISHOF
Wine-growing can be traced back in the family in old documents to the year 1685. The origin of the proberty, originally a mill, dates back to 1790. Wine-growing in the vicinity of the Elsterbach stream is mentioned in a document in 817. "Two hides of land with vineyards which yield six tuns of wine," Emperor Lewis the Pious, Charlemagne`s son, recorded in a document in 817, " located in the place Elisa", by the present-day Elsterbach stream which flows past the manor house. The estate is run by Johannes and Sabine Eser by the support of Hans-Hermann and his wife Elfriede Eser. The area planted with vines covers 20 hectares. The vineyards are made up of reallocated, consolidated holdings of land and are laid out of accordance with the most modern aspects, so that economic and also ecological cultivation is possible. The soil structure ranges from sandy loam, loess, weathered quartzite to heavy slate.

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SEEBRICH
The name has been changed from Weingut Heinrich Seebrich to Weingut Seebrich because Heinrich Seebrich (born in 1951) has taken his son Jochen (born in 1977) into the partnership in 2000. The Seebrich family owns the estate since its foundation in 1783. The estate with 12 hectares vineyards is in the centre of the old town of Nierstein on the Rhine and it has a nice vault cellar with old carved wooden barrels.

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REICHSRAT VON BUHL
This estate was established in 1849 by Franz Peter Buhl. The von Buhl estate enjoyed great success in these early years, and the wines collected many awards and medals in the latter part of the 19th Century, under the tenure of Reichsrat Franz Armand Buhl, son of the founder. Since the 2007 vintage, the Reichsrat von Buhl estate has been involved in an official certification procedure for organic production, after we switched to organic wine-growing back in 2005. In so doing we believe we have put down another marker in terms of traceability.

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SCHAFER FROHLICH
While wine making has been in the family since the 1800's, the winery just recently developed into a rising star over the past few years, adding another estate to the elite in the Nahe region. While father Hans takes care of the vineyards, wife Karin and son Tim are the winemaking team. With a low yield policy (average yield around 50 hl/ha) and the recent acquisition of more great vineyard sites to their holdings, the winery is well on the way to challenge top estates such as Dönnhoff and Schönleber.

CHATEAU DE BRAGUE
For three generations, the same family has maintained in its keeping the Chatau de Brague vines, supervising with family care and attention the elaboration of the wine their grape produce.

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FREDERIC ESMONIN
Frédéric Esmonin is based at ‘Les Estournelles’ in Gevrey-Chambertin. Frédéric's father, André, was the highly respected Gevrey grower who produced the grand cru Mazis-Chambertin for the Hospice de Beaune.

Frédéric owns 7 hectares including holdings of Gevrey-Chambertin ‘Clos-Prieur’ and the 1er Cru ‘Estournelles and Lavaux-St-Jacques’, as well as Mazis-Chambertin, and Ruchottes-Chambertin. His Clos de Vougeot and Chambertin are negociant wines. Judicious use of oak, excellent concentration at every level and early bottling maintaining freshness make these Esmonin's very attractive and finely structured red Burgundies.

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CHARNONNIERE
Domaine de la Charbonnière was purchased by Eugene Maret in 1912. 90 years it is still family-owned and run with Michel Maret at the helm today. Michel now has 17.5 hectares of vineyards in the Châteauneuf appellation as well as 4 hectares in Vacqueyras. Michel produces wonderfully well balanced wines that combine intensity and depth of fruit with finesse and elegance.

"Proprietor Michel Maret makes classic Chateauneuf du Papes that drink well young yet have the ability to age for 10-15 years." Robert Parker

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VIEILLE JULIENNE
Since 1990, when Jean-Paul Daumen took over from his father, the rise in quality of wine from this domaine has been extraordinary. Situated in the northern sector of the appellation, in the area known as Cabrieres, Jean-Paul owns and runs 32 hectares of vines of which eleven are in Chateauneuf-du-Pape. The cepage, whilst predictable, contains a healthy proportion of Mourvedre (around 10%) which is slowly being augmented with new plantings. The vines have a good age, being between 50 and 90 years old. Production here is small with 4,500 cases annually of which over two-thirds are Cotes du Rhone and vin de pays.

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GUSTAVE LORENTZ
Since 1836 in the Lorentz family, Gustave Lorentz Company now concentrates on maintaining and accentuating the quality and reputation of its Alsace wines which are known throughout the world. Our philosophy is to produce some gastronomic Alsace wines which reflect the most faithful expression of the grape varieties, “terroir” and vintages. Lorentz Estates vineyards represent 32 hectares (79 acres), of which 1,5 (3,71 acres) are planted on the hills of the Grand Cru Kanzlerberg and 13 ha (29,65 acres) in the Grand Cru Altenberg. These vineyards produce about 20 % of our wines.

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MASSILLAN
The Domaine of Massillan owned by the Reboul family is a generation-old vineyard located in the lands of the Teyran village, down the Saint Loup hill along the Mediterranean Sea (nearly 10 kms north-east of Montpellier). The clay-calcareous soils of the vineyard stretch over forty hectares, swept by the Mediterranean and continental winds that give the Massillan Pays d'Oc Wines their character.