Cool Climate Wine Summit

Live von der VieVinum in Wien: Leo Aumann vom Weingut Leo Aumann aus der österreichischen Thermenregion. Das Interview entstand spontan nach einem Treffen auf der Magnum-Party. Es geht um den Satz „Pinot ist Pinot, kein Rotwein“, um ein Weingut in fünfter Generation, um Weingärten, in denen der Weinbau seit der Ankunft der Zisterzienser aus dem Burgund im Jahr 1141 nachgewiesen ist, um Handarbeit in steilen Lagen, die Lese in der Nacht und darum, warum heute nicht mehr die Reife, sondern der Zucker die Herausforderung ist.

Interview auf Deutsch.

Im Glas: Leo Aumann Pinot Noir

- Elegant und fruchtig

- Ausgebaut im 500-Liter-Holzfass

- 13,5 % Alkohol

Über das Weingut

- Familienbetrieb zwischen Gumpoldskirchen und Baden, rund 50 Hektar

- Pinot Noir und St. Laurent; Rotgipfler, Zierfandler und Chardonnay

- Steile Lagen und Terrassen, Handlese als Standard

Kapitel

0:00 Einleitung

0:25 Pinot Noir in Österreich: „Pinot ist Pinot, kein Rotwein“

1:21 Das Weingut: fünf Generationen Leo Aumann

1:40 Thermenregion und die Zisterzienser seit 1141

2:28 Verkostung Pinot Noir

2:59 Wenn nicht Winzer: Landwirtschaft und die Praxis bei Markowitsch

4:49 Prägende Einflüsse und das Profil der Thermenregion

5:32 Die Persönlichkeit als Flasche Wein

6:43 Rebsorten und Vielfalt auf rund 50 Hektar

7:16 Arbeitsweise: steile Lagen, Handarbeit, Lese in der Nacht

8:03 Reife statt Anreicherung: die neue Herausforderung Zucker

8:36 Extremwetter und die geringen Erträge der Thermenregion

9:22 Export und Eindrücke aus Kopenhagen

10:11 Ausblick: CCWS Warschau und Kopenhagen im Januar 2027

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Live from VieVinum 2026 in Vienna: Michaela Riedmüller of Weingut Michaela Riedmüller in Carnuntum, an exhibitor at CCWS Copenhagen 2026. She took over the family estate at 19. We talk about wind and the Danube, Spitzerberg vs. Braunsberg Blaufränkisch, the flower labels, oak and minimal intervention, and the estate's final year of organic conversion.

Interview in English.

In the glass: Braunsberg Blaufränkisch 2022

- 100% Blaufränkisch from the Braunsberg near Hainburg an der Donau

- Spontaneous open fermentation, no sulphur before or during fermentation

- 24 months in 500-litre barrels, mostly Austrian oak; unfiltered

About the estate

- Hainburg an der Donau, Austria's easternmost town, between Vienna and Bratislava

- Farmed organically for five years, in its final year of organic certification

- The labels show flowers that grow in each vineyard

Chapters

0:00 Introduction

0:24 Carnuntum: location, wind and Danube influence

1:29 Looking back at CCWS Copenhagen 2026

2:06 Blaufränkisch: Spitzerberg vs. Braunsberg

3:03 The flower labels

4:04 Tasting the Braunsberg Blaufränkisch 2022

5:15 If not a winemaker, then what?

6:05 Wine school at 14, taking over the estate at 19, studies and South Africa

7:37 Inspirations: her mother and Dorli Muhr

8:35 Her personality as a bottle of wine

9:17 Oak and minimal intervention in the cellar

9:49 Vineyard work, organic certification and the weather station

11:39 Closing: visiting Carnuntum, 30 minutes from Vienna

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A master class by Jan Eggers, founder of the Cool Climate Wine Summit, at the first CCWS in Warsaw. It runs from healthy soils to healthy grapes to healthy wine. Seven wines from organic and biodynamic producers show what low-intervention winemaking means, how it differs from natural wine, and why it doesn't have to taste funky. It also covers Germany's organic associations Demeter, Ecovin and Bioland, PIWI varieties, and why low-intervention Riesling needs time.

Master class in English.

The wines

1. Weingut Beurer, Württemberg (VDP, Demeter): Riesling Kieselsandstein 2023

2. Weingut Hemer, Rheinhessen (Ecovin): Riesling from a 500-litre barrel

3. Weingut Fluhr-Eller, Rheinhessen (Demeter): Riesling from stainless steel

4. Benjamin Lanz, Lake Constance: Sauvignon Gris and Johanniter (PIWI)

5. Julien Renard, Mosel: Riesling 2024

6. Maximilian Knebel, Winningen, Mosel: Winninger Uhlen Riesling 2022

7. Tim Röttgerding, Mosel: Riesling 2024

Chapters

00:00 Welcome

02:44 Introduction

06:21 Healthy Soils

09:13 Wine #1 - VDP. Weingut Beurer

13:33 Wine #2 - ECOVIN Weingut Hemer

19:20 Wine #3 - Demeter Weingut Fluhr-Eller

25:16 Healthy Grapes

29:09 Wine #4 Benjamin Lanz

34:08 Wine #5 Julien Renard

39:20 Healthy Wines

41:27 Wine #6 Maximilian Knebel

46:29 Wine #7 Tim Röttgerding

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Kurz vor der Lese 2025 zu Besuch bei Peter Siener vom Weingut Siener in Birkweiler in der Südpfalz. Im Schatten geht es um den Kastanienbusch, um Weine, die Zeit bekommen, um einen Lesebeginn, der heute bis zu sieben Wochen früher liegt, um soziale Nachhaltigkeit im Betrieb und um die Frage, warum Peter am liebsten nach Norwegen auswandern würde. Bevor er 2000 ins Familienweingut einstieg, lernte er Kfz-Mechaniker und restaurierte Oldtimer.

Interview auf Deutsch.

Im Glas

1. Riesling Kastanienbusch: würzig, mineralisch und salzig, 12 % Alkohol

2. Spätburgunder Leinsweiler Sonnenberg 2022: der erste Spätburgunder des Weinguts aus der Amphore, ohne Holzausbau

Über das Weingut

- Familienweingut in vierter Generation, knapp über 16 Hektar, rund 100.000 Flaschen im Jahr

- Fast 50 % Riesling, dazu Weißburgunder, Spätburgunder und Chardonnay

- Fair'n Green zertifiziert, keine Herbizide, Handlese

Kapitel

0:00 Vorschau

1:09 Begrüßung im Weingut Siener

1:35 Lese 2025: früher als gedacht

2:29 Südpfalz und Mittelhaardt: Kühle vom Haardtgebirge

3:32 Wenig Ertrag, fast 50 % Riesling

4:14 Wenn nicht Winzer: Segeln und Oldtimer

5:56 Weinen Zeit lassen, und was das kostet

7:01 Der ausverkaufte Kastanienbusch-Riesling

7:48 Prägende Menschen: Vater, Winzerfreunde, Werner Jülg und Thomas Siegrist

11:11 Die Persönlichkeit als Flasche Wein: Kastanienbusch Riesling

12:15 Würze statt Obstkorb

14:28 Natur, gesunde Böden und Fair'n Green

15:57 Klimawandel: Lese sieben Wochen früher

17:32 Das Weingut Siener in Kürze

18:37 Weißburgunder, Spätburgunder und Chardonnay

19:19 Arbeiten in der Hitze

20:55 Das Leben als Winzer

22:09 Soziale Nachhaltigkeit und flexible Arbeit

24:36 Verkostung: Spätburgunder Leinsweiler Sonnenberg aus der Amphore

26:14 Abbeeren, Stielgerüst und schonende Verarbeitung

27:31 Randnotiz: polnische Weine und Kopenhagen

28:43 In fünf Jahren: Töchter, Weinmarkt und der Norden

31:46 Ausblick: Kopenhagen im Januar

📺 Zum Video: https://youtu.be/fq3GRY_1wUI

🎧 Erwähnt: Interview mit Kamil Barczentewicz: https://youtu.be/zzLees4vQOo

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Master of Wine Wojciech Bońkowski leads a tasting of six cool-climate Pinot Noirs at the first Cool Climate Wine Summit in Warsaw, from a rare old-vine Pinot from Bohemia to Spätburgunder from the Hessische Bergstraße, the Nahe, Franken and the Ahr. Topics: limestone, granite, Keuper, slate and greywacke; French vs. German clones; why ripe grapes handle new oak better; the move towards lighter, unoaked Pinot; and what makes the Ahr a cool climate on warm soils.

Master class in English.

The wines

1. Czech Republic (Bohemia): Pinot Noir Staré keře, old vines from the former Schwarzenberg estate

2. Hessische Bergstraße: Spätburgunder village wine from granite, Burgundy clones

3. Weingut Sinss, Nahe: Rosenberg Spätburgunder R

4. Weingut Hans Wirsching, Iphofen, Franken: Spätburgunder Ortswein from Keuper, unoaked

5. Maibachfarm, Ahr: Spätburgunder Ahrweiler Rosenthal from blue slate

6. Weingut Burggarten, Ahr (VDP): Spätburgunder Grosses Gewächs from slate and greywacke

Chapters

00:00 Preview

01:09 Welcome: six cool-climate Pinot Noirs

01:55 Wine #1 – Czech Republic: Staré keře

10:12 Wine #2 – Hessische Bergstraße

18:38 Wine #3 – Nahe: Sinss Rosenberg R

27:07 Wine #4 – Franken: Wirsching

36:12 The Ahr: Pinot Noir on slate

38:06 Wine #5 – Ahr: Maibachfarm

43:05 Wine #6 – Ahr: Burggarten

47:15 Conclusion

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On the road to the Cool Climate Wine Summit in Warsaw, we met Fabian Fleckenstein, export manager of Weingut Dr. Bürklin-Wolf in Wachenheim, Pfalz, one of Germany's biodynamic pioneers for Riesling. Over a glass of Gaisböhl Grand Cru, we talk about his path from Franken and Geisenheim into wine sales, a formative season at the biodynamic estate Pranzegg in Alto Adige, the estate's own Burgundy-style Grand Cru classification from 1994, and its switch straight from conventional to biodynamic farming (Biodyvin-certified since 2008).

Interview in English.

📍 Wachenheim an der Weinstraße, Pfalz, Germany

In the glass

Gaisböhl Riesling G.C. 2024: a flat monopole site, one year in large Doppelstück barrels

Chapters

00:00 Teaser

00:28 Introduction at VieVinum

00:55 Gaisböhl Grand Cru 2024 and Stockinger barrels

02:00 From Geisenheim to export manager

03:45 Alternative career: psychology

04:48 Inspiration: a season at Pranzegg in Alto Adige

07:46 Personality as a wine: Gaisböhl

09:01 A Riesling estate: history and own Grand Cru classification

10:55 Biodynamics and Biodyvin

12:13 Warsaw masterclass and the Polish market

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🍷 Winery: https://www.buerklin-wolf.de

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Weingut Rebholz lies on the western shore of Lake Constance, a few kilometres from the Swiss border. It was founded in 2002 with 0.3 hectares of Pinot Noir on the Galgenberg, an old volcanic vent near Bohlingen. Today it farms 8 hectares at close to 500 metres, among the highest vineyards in Germany. With twice the Kaiserstuhl's rainfall, harvest comes about three weeks later. We talk about why this corner of Baden is cooler than its reputation, Chardonnay from sélection massale, German vs. Burgundy clones, and why Scandinavia wants German Pinot Noir.

Interview in English.

📍 Bohlingen (Singen), Lake Constance, Germany

In the glass

1. Chardonnay 2023: the estate's first; foot-crushed, deliberately oxidised juice, spontaneous fermentation in barrique

2. Pinot Noir 2023, the flagship: German clones, 20–50% whole cluster, a lighter and juicier extraction

Chapters

0:00 Preview

0:24 Introduction

0:48 Location: Lake Constance and the Swiss border

1:38 Cooler than Baden's reputation: rain, altitude and late harvest

2:53 If not a winemaker: Italy and pasta

3:53 Inspirations: Burgundy and Bernhard Huber's 2010 Hecklinger Schlossberg

6:12 Personality as a bottle of wine

7:19 Nature, vintage variation and forecasting

9:46 The estate: from 0.3 hectares in 2002 to 8 hectares today

12:06 The name Rebholz

13:12 Tasting the Chardonnay 2023

19:00 The Galgenberg: altitude, rainfall and wind

20:43 Baden's image and the region's pioneers

23:36 Lake Constance marketing, sales channels and export

25:53 Scandinavian demand for German Pinot Noir

27:06 Tasting the Pinot Noir 2023

28:45 German clones, Burgundy clones and finding a regional style

32:22 Ageing potential

33:09 The next five years and CCWS Copenhagen

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Recorded live at the Cool Climate Wine Summit in Warsaw. Denmark sits at the northern edge of European viticulture, between 55 and 58 degrees north, and nowhere in the country is more than 50 km from the sea. It has only about 180 hectares of vines, but the area is growing fast. The wines are high in acidity and precise in fruit, shaped by cool summers and days with up to 18 hours of light.

Danish winemaker Lou Langdon of Hideaway Vingaard presents five wines: sparkling, orange, barrel-aged and off-dry, mostly made from the disease-resistant Solaris and Muscaris grapes. She explains why more than half of Danish vineyards are organic, how high production costs push growers towards top quality, and how Michelin restaurants are lifting the whole industry. Dons, Denmark's first protected designation of origin, also features.

Master class in English.

The wines

1. Skærsøgaard Dons Cuvée Brut 2020

2. Gilleleje Vin Kammesjukker 2024

3. By Stokebye Liva 2024

4. Hideaway Vingaard Gåsefod 2024

5. Guldbæk Muscaris 2025

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

10:36 Skærsøgaard Dons Cuvée Brut 2020

15:14 Gilleleje Vin Kammesjukker 2024

20:01 By Stokebye Liva 2024

25:10 Hideaway Vingaard Gåsefod 2024

31:17 Guldbæk Muscaris 2025

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An hour and a half south of Berlin, through a birch forest, there is a six-hectare vineyard on a plateau. On the horizon, five kilometres away, are the excavators of an active open-cast coal mine. Weingut Wolkenberg was planted in 2011 on land reclaimed from mining, following a research programme with Geisenheim University. It is named after a village that was cleared for the mine in 1987.

Philipp Henke, the estate's sales and export manager, talks about making wine on soil that was engineered rather than inherited, and about working in Brandenburg, which is outside Germany's official wine appellation system. We also cover Roter Riesling and Kernling, the Wochenende blend, a qvevri project inspired by a trip to Georgia, and why Poland is the natural first export market.

Interview in English.

📍 Welzow, Brandenburg, Germany

Chapters

00:00 Introduction: where is Welzow?

01:08 A vineyard next to an active coal mine

04:15 From 99 vines to a new winery

05:14 Tasting Wochenende Weiß

09:29 Brandenburg outside the appellation system

10:53 A historic vineyard name and the qvevri project

12:53 Keeping the village of Wolkenberg alive

16:07 Roter Riesling from the barrel

19:19 Local first: tourism, Poland and export

22:55 Closing

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Recording from our Impulse tasting at ProWein 2026 - Nordic Sparkling Wines.

Presenting:

• Dyrehæj Johanniter Brut (Denmark, Røsnæs)
• Lottenlund Perlé Souvignier Gris (Sweden, Skåne)
• Dom Janton Blanc de Blancs Seyval Blanc (Poland, Central Poland)
• Skærsøgaard DONS Rosé Cabernet Cortis, Rondo, Pinot Noir Précoce