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About A. Christmann

The beautiful winery and home of the Christmann family can be found in the quaint town of Gimmeldingen in the centre of the Mittelhaart of the Pfalz, about an hour from Frankfurt & half an hour from Strasbourg, in the Palantine, that lies on the Rhine and connects Alsace in the north to the Rheinhessen in the south. The story of this brilliant & historic estate dates back to the 16th Century and the French Republic, that once ruled the village of Gimmeldingen as well as the greater Palantine region. In 1798 the area was transformed after the local nobility fled, and after the church were relieved of their sovereign rights, Georg Köhler, an ancient ancestor of the Christmann family, seized the opportunity to acquire some land and laid the original foundations of what would become the Christmann estate that we know & adore today. Skip forward a few hundred years & a few generations to the present day, and the estate today is managed under the watchful eye of the superstar father & daughter duo that is Steffen & Sophie Christmann.
Biodynamic producer

About Steffen & Sophie Christmann

Having had a successful career in Law, Steffen returned to his roots and has been the figure head of the family estate since taking over the reins, along with his wife Daniela, from his father Fritz in 1996, and set about progressively turning the estate into one of the most quality driven & innovative growers in the whole of Germany. The 7th generation of the family to guide the estate forward, with a keen eye for detail in the vineyard, early in his custodianship Steffen was convinced that only by following biodynamic principles would the true potential of the family owned sites be realised, thus conversion to biodynamics commenced in 2002 and since 2015 the estate has been a prominent member of the Respekt-Bidyn, a group of likeminded quality focused producers that strive to express their vineyards in the best possible manner following biodynamic methods.

After completing her studies in Geissenheim & Bordeaux, and having honed her craft at various growers in Germany (Weingut Huber) & Australia (Grosset), Sophie was drawn back to the family estate in 2017 and became the 8th generation to enter the winery. Forming a true partnership with Steffen, Sophie has helped push the estate to new levels and has been the spearhead of a renewed focus on Pinot Noir (Spätburgunder) that was once grown purely to tick a ‘red wine box’ but that today is one of the most exciting and thrilling projects we know of.

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2021 A. Christmann Kapellenberg Riesling

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2019 A. Christmann Gimmeldinger ‘Schlössel’ Spätburgunder

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2021 A. Christmann Aus den Lagen Riesling

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