Tasting room of the 16th-century Christmann estate in Gimmeldingen, Neustadt. Tastings of biodynamic Rieslings from the Idig, Reiterpfad and Mandelgarten Grosse Lage sites under VDP president Steffen Christmann and daughter Sophie.
Estate shop of the 16th-century Christmann estate in Gimmeldingen, run by VDP president Steffen Christmann and daughter Sophie. Biodynamic Rieslings from Idig, Reiterpfad and Mandelgarten Grosse Lage sites.
Tasting and seminar programme at the Christmann estate in Gimmeldingen, with structured tastings of biodynamic Rieslings from Idig, Reiterpfad and Mandelgarten Grosse Lage sites. VDP president Steffen Christmann hosts member seminars.
Guided vineyard walk with VDP president Steffen Christmann or daughter Sophie through the Idig, Reiterpfad and Mandelgarten Grosse Lage parcels in Gimmeldingen, followed by an estate Riesling tasting back at the manor.
Christmann's Gimmeldingen estate vinothek pouring the Demeter-biodynamic dry Riesling range alongside the estate's traditional-method Pinot Noir Sekt brut.
The list: Christmann's Gimmeldingen estate vinothek pouring the Demeter-biodynamic dry Riesling range alongside the estate's traditional-method Pinot Noir Sekt brut
Tip: The Pinot Noir Sekt brut is the quieter Christmann signature; ask for it alongside the Idig and Reiterpfad still Rieslings for the full biodynamic flight.
Steffen Christmann at Gimmeldingen began biodynamic farming in 2004 and the estate became Demeter-certified, working the Idig and Reiterpfad sites for the dry Riesling range alongside a Pinot Noir programme on biodynamic principles.
Tip: Compare the Idig and Reiterpfad GG dry Rieslings side by side; the same biodynamic farming reads two single sites a short walk apart in Gimmeldingen.