Winery & Guest House Volker Schmitt
The Schmitt winery and guest house is located just outside in the middle of the vineyards in Worms-Herrnsheim. The family estate in the country house style lets you quickly forget the urban hustle and bustle and invites you to enjoy the beautiful Rheinhessen hilly landscape. The spacious three-star guest house is attached to the winery and offers you friendly and comfortable accommodation.
The enthusiasm for viticulture has been carriying on in our family for generations. Volker Schmitt has been responsible for vinification in the winery since 1999. Excellence is our passion. We are enthusiastic about creating characterful and charming wines that you want to discover and taste.
Passion for wine and a fresh mix of creativity and tradition is our signature ”. Our single vineyard wines, for example our Carbernet Sauvignon >> High Roller <<, are grown in the best locations around Herrnsheim. The top priority is the consistent selection of the grapes. This creates expressive wines with depth and elegance.
Our local wines in our middle segment are strong wines with a backbone. Here, too, we pay attention to healthy grapes and, of course, we work with care. This makes them ideal companions for good food and also ideal for connoisseurs.
The estate wines are our entry level wine segment, they convince with a fresh and fruity note. The light red wines and delicately fruity white wines are very easy to drink and ideal for everyday use.
We grow a total of 12 grape varieties on approximately 10 hectares. Among them you will also find a special grape variety called Albariño, which is unique in terms of cultivation on the Rhine.
Albariño - the white man from the Rhine
According to legend, the grape was brought to Galicia by monks from Germany on the Way of St. James between the 11th and 13th centuries. We discovered the Albariño for ourselves and brought it back to the Rhine. Since 2008, it has been growing in one of our best locations right on the Way of St. James.
Our strong loam-loess soil with a little lime, sand and gravel ensures a rich variety of flavours, ripe fruitiness and acidity in the Herrnsheimer-Schloss location.
THE QUALITY OF WINE STARTS IN THE VINEYARD.
That is why we do not use herbicides and fertilize our soil with horse manure. We use biological preparations for crop protection.
We also support the humus balance in the soil by sowing green mixes. In this way, we offer our vines a healthy base for optimal growth and ripening of the grapes.
55% white wine and 45% red wines.
Grape varieties:
White: Riesling, Albariño, Chardonny, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Sauvignon Blanc
Red: Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, St. Laurent, Dornfelder
