Cellar Talks S01E04 Weingut Rappenhof - Elisabeth Muth (Rheinhessen, Germany)

In this episode we welcome Elisabeth Muth from Weingut Rappenhof. Elisabeth is the co-owner of Weingut Rappenhof in Alsheim (Rheinhessen). She is the 13th generation active in this 400-year-old family winery. Over 13 generations and more than 400 years of history created a unique winery, founded in 1604. Rappenhof is part of the VDP – an association of the 200 best wineries in Germany since the early 1970s.

The family cultivates 130 acres of vineyards and produces around 400.000 to 500.000 bottles every year. Their vineyards benefit from the unique and outstanding terroir in Rheinhessen, with fertile loess in Alsheim, stony limestone in Oppenheim and mineralic red slate at the up to 70-percent-steep terraces at famous Roter Hang in Nierstein. The winery’s main product is Riesling. Like no other grape variety, Riesling reacts to soil extremely sensitive and enables the wine drinker to taste terroir and its unique characteristics.

In this Podcast we talked about Elisabeth’s career in wine, the family winery Rappenhof, their great wines and the wine region Rheinhessen.

 

This is an integral recording taken from our talk show Cellar Talks. This show (season 1, episode 3) was broadcasted on Friday the 8th of January, through Instagram Live on our Instagram page. For this reason, there might be references of images shown in the show, which we obviously cannot display through this podcast. The full video recording of this show can be watched through our Instagram page, in the IGTV section. You can find a direct link to the recording here.