Von Winning, Erste Lage “Paradiesgarten” Riesling Trocken

The wine estate now known as Von Winning was founded by Friedrich Dienhard, whose descendants are still in the wine business today in the town of Koblenz. The name Von Winning didn’t come along until later, when Dienhard’s granddaughter, Emma, inherited the property and her husband, Leopold Von Winning, took the reins. The estate then passed through a series of hands and the Von Winning name disappeared until Niederberger came along and revived it, along with that of Dr. Dienhard. Today, the winery has two ‘lines’ of wines: The Von Winning label is for wines from mostly grosses gewächs (“great growth,” or “grand cru”) vineyard sites that are often fermented in wood barrels; the Dr. Dienhard line is designed to be fruitier, more forward, and less structured. Sadly, Niederberger passed away (at a young age) in 2013, leaving his wife, Jana, with a many-tentacled wine operation that also includes the Basserman-Jordan and Von Buhl estates. She is ably assisted at Von Winning by a team led b