2021 Andi Knauss Schnait Riesling

After wine school and a stage in Austria (where he learned how to work organically in the vineyard, and to care for the soil) Andi Knauss took over the reins at Weingut Knauss in 2004, and in less than a decade, has developed an important and exciting estate.

The vineyards are worked naturally,
and winemaking is careful and conscientious. Natural fermentation and minimal sulfur are the norms, and some cuvees see no sulfur at all.

Andi, who is in his early thirties, runs a tight ship, making wine from over a hundred different plots in Strümpfelbach, the village where the winery is located, and a few surrounding villages in the hills around the river Rems. Vineyard land here is expensive, but Andi has slowly built up the estate parcel by parcel, sometimes just a row, selecting the best sites to be blended into the "Selection" and "Reserve" bottlings.