Cellarhand A. Christmann

About A. Christmann

Steffen Christmann is the current president of the VDP and his biodynamically produced wines are truly terroir-focused, clean and immense. A. Christmann’s history dates back to 1845 when Prof. Dr. Ludwig Häusser, professor of history at Heidelberg University and a member of the Vorparliament of the Pauluskirche together with his cousin Johann Martin, founded a small winery in Gimmeldingen as a hobby. During the next generation, winegrowing grew to become their main profession. In 1894 Eduard Christmann married Henriette Häusser, the granddaughter of the founder. Today the estate bears the name of her son Arnold, and Steffen runs it as seventh-generation custodian.
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About Steffen Christmann

Steffen was born in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse in the Pfalz in 1965. He grew up on the family wine estate in the Neustadt suburb of Gimmeldingen. Today, the estate comprises 17 ha of vines and numbers among the Pfalz’s leading wine estates.
After completing his basic education and military service, Steffen studied law in Heidelberg and Speyer. He was admitted to the bar as an attorney at law in 1994, and since 1995 has been a partner at Hofmann & Kollegen, where he focuses on agricultural and wine law. Parallel to his legal studies, he completed his viticultural education at the DLR Rheinpfalz, receiving state certification in 1995. The following year he took over the family estate, which he has continuously developed ever since. He converted to organic viticulture, opened a chic wine bar and restaurant at the estate and built new production facilities. Steffen and wife Daniela have four children. His hobbies include cooking, skiing and classical literature.

Available Wines

2017 A. Christmann Reiterpfad-Hofstück Riesling Grosses Gewächs

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2017 A. Christmann Gimmeldingen Riesling

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2013 A. Christmann Gimmeldingen Riesling

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2008 A. Christmann Ruppertsberg Riesling

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2018 A. Christmann Estate Riesling

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