2024
A good year for nature, in which, thanks to high rainfall, water reservoirs and groundwater levels were able to recover after a few very dry years…
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2023
It was a year of weather extremes, highlighted by severe heat and dryness in June and July and high rainfall in August. Sunshine and warm weather helped with ripening in September, although a changeable October
presented its own challenges during harvest.
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2022
Record temperatures and Mediterranean levels of sunshine, with almost no summer rain and challenging harvest conditions.
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2021
A classic cool climate vintage that will reward patience for many, many years to come
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2020
Outstanding Quality ...thanks to precipitation in winter, the late summer and early autumn
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2019
An Autumn of EnvyHope and uncertainty for winegrowers. Our Kiedrich hillside vineyards once again shine ...
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2018
Another "Summer of the Century" is in the books... and this one began in April! Warmest growth cycle on record! And despite all that, our Kiedrich hillside vineyards never needed extra sun protection!
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2017
Nature giveth and nature taketh
The extreme challenges of this vintage brought out the best in our Kiedrich vineyards
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2016
Thanks to tireless work in the vineyards, a wet and worrisome start gave way to a fairy tale summer and bountiful autumn!
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2015
The 2015 vintage is the product of yet another year of weather extremes. Despite an intense dry spell throughout the summer, the Rheingau and her vineyards remained brilliantly green ...
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2014
A year of constant highs and lows: in temperature, precipitation and the winemakers' disposition - but the key factor for the quality of the grapes was preventing the vines from getting "wet feet"
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2013
A Year Marked by a Long Winter and Cool Spring, but Sunny and Hot Summer and Late Summer... Capricious Weather During the Harvest
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2012
A surprise - patience and hard work were more than rewarded!
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2011
A curios year of weather extremes, great anxiety, and fantastic harvest results...
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2010
The Final Weeks Counted!
A Golden October, Patience, and Selective Harvest in our Hillside Sites Made the Difference.
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2009
The winter of 2008/2009 was the coldest since well over a decade. Particularly in the early weeks of January, thermometer readings seldom reached above freezing and temperatures dropped to as low as -15°C/5°F...
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2008
At first glance, 2008 seemed like such a wonderfully “normal” year. Nevertheless, and despite many a cloudy day in summer, the weather during the growing season was once again noticeably warmer than the long-term average...
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2007
The phenomena of climate change and resultant global warming also affected the year 2007. Once again, weather observations yielded record-breaking data: after a winter that was clearly too mild, spring weather in April and May was extremely warm...
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2006
Global warming, change of climate, and the possibility of concomitant extreme weather circumstances are increasingly topics of discussion, not least among wine-growers, who must consider the influence of these phenomena on viticulture...
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2005
The generally accepted, popular evaluation of a year’s weather still seems to be tied to the extreme conditions of the benchmark year 2003...
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2004
While 2002 and 2003 were marked by extreme weather situations, 2004 can be viewed as a meteorologically and phenologically “normal” year...
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2003
The calendar year 2003 will be remembered as a year of weather superlatives. Since 1860, when meteorological data was first recorded on a regular basis in the Rheingau, there have never been more hours of sunshine - 350 hours more than average...
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2002
In retrospect, 2002 will be remembered for its very stormy weather – not only in Germany. Fortunately, the Rheingau was spared from severe storms, downpours and flooding...
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2001
Two months of the year 2001 - September and October - sorely tried vintners’ emotions and decisively influenced the quality of vintage 2001...
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