Bremmer Calmont

In 2008, Ulli Stein, Tobias Hannemann, Sebastian Graeber, and I hiked up Bremmer Calmont, one of the steepest vineyards in Europe, on a wintry Saturday afternoon. Ulli Stein of Weingut Stein buys the grapes from growers who have well-placed plots of old Riesling vines in Calmont. The Steins, however, harvest the grapes themselves.

See Ulli Stein's manifesto "A Call to Action" for more details on saving old Riesling vines.

The best-known producer in Bremmer Calmont is Franzen, which is now run by Kilian Franzen and his wife, Angelina. ♦

This post appeared in similar form on the blog of the former Mosel Wine Merchant, November 24, 2008.

Photograph by Tobias Hannemann.