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In the extreme west of Rheinhessen, only a few kilometers south of Bad Kreuznach, in the midst of a landscape of steep hills of volcanic origin with heathland, pristine streams, ancient quarries and overgrown rock walls lies Siefersheim, gateway to Rheinhessische Schweiz. In 1845, the foundation stone of Wagner's court was laid, and the earlier generations formed a well-known winery from the classical mixed operation and helped the locations Höllberg and Heerkretz in the first decades of the 20th century to supraregional importance. Winegrowing has been practiced in the Wagner family for nine generations, and Daniel Wagner has been responsible for the wines since the early 1990s. Since then, he has been concentrating on the classic grape varieties Silvaner, Pinot Blanc and especially Riesling, and switched the farm to organic farming. Far-reaching profit-reducing measures, manual deciduous and undercutting, as well as the selective hand-picking in autumn are cornerstones of his philosophy of wine production, which basically assumes that excellent wines are made in the vineyard. The fruits of this passion for wine show themselves every year in a wine characteristic that is animatingly fresh and clear on the one hand - provocatively complex and concentrated on the other hand. An original style as well-known critics attest to it, and the admission into the circle of the Prädikatsweingüter in the year 2004 as well as the awards to the climber of the year by Gerhard Eichelmann as well as by the Gault Millau WeinGuide are expression that the wines of Daniel Wagner really are something very special.

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About us

  • Winemaker Daniel Wagner
  • sparkling wine
  • Maxim origin Rheinhessen
  • VDP

Contact details:

Weingut Wagner-Stempel
Daniel Wagner
Wöllsteiner Straße 10 55599 Siefersheim

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Binger Scharlachberg

Bingen Scharlachberg (Scarlet fever hill of Bingen)

Red pigments in the soil for top Rieslings

The people who gave the name to this single vineyard site chose something that takes some getting used to: in the case of the childhood disease scarlet fever, the tongue turns red. The single vineyard Scharlachberg consists of "Quarzit Rigosol", a strongly consolidated sandstone with a high iron oxide content. The iron discolours the soil orange-red or scarlet. The vineyard was first mentioned in a document in 1248 with the name "vocatur scarlachen". It extends above the Bingen district of Büdesheim. Rieslings with great ripening potential come from here.

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Siefersheimer Höllberg

Siefersheimer Höllberg

Ryolite on a gentle to steep slope

A wooded vineyard slope, sheltered from the wind by the Siefersheimer Horn in the west. The vineyard was first documented in 1532 with the name "in der hellen". “Hölle” refers to a gentle slope, a widespread field name in west-central Germany. With a gradient of up to 30 percent, one can certainly speak of a steep slope here in some places. Rhyolite, a magnetic rock, makes the wines unique. Riesling and Silvaner make the soil particularly palatable. The vineyard borders the Appelbach stream and the hiking trail “Märchenpfad” (engl. fairytale path) that runs along it. The coastal path circles the single vineyard.

> Hiking trails and refreshments: https://www.siefersheim.de/tourismus/wanderwege/ 
> To the other vineyards of Siefersheim: Goldenes Horn and Heerkretz
> Other single vineyard sites with the name Hölle: Gundersheimer Höllenbrand, Ingelheimer Höllenweg

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Siefersheimer Heerkretz

Siefersheimer Heerkretz

Scratchy winegrowers, running armies, wonderful wines 

There are soils that are easy to work, for example loess. And then there are soils that challenge the winegrower. In this very high single vineyard, the soil has to be literally scratched, hence the name "Kretz". Responsible for this: the hard and rugged rhyolite rock or porphyry (a light-coloured, magmatic rock of the Rotliegende) with scree slopes and quarries. This particular soil is very rare in Rheinhessen (one percent). Very famous top Rieslings and Pinot Noirs thrive here. The "Alte Heerstraße" (Old Army Road) runs along the foot of the mountain, hence the double name "Heerkretz". Hikers travel along the "Küstenweg Rheinhessen" (Rheinhessen Coastal Trail) into the earth-historical past of Rheinhessen and pass numerous highlights, for example the Ajax Tower, and rest at the Lavendeleck.

> Info about the coastal path: https://www.rheinhessen.de/kuestenwege-rheinhessen/kuestenweg-rheinhessen-rundweg-siefersheim-woellstein-neu-bamberg 
> Info on the Ajax Tower: https://www.rheinhessen.de/a-ajax-turm 
> Hiking trails and refreshments: https://www.siefersheim.de/tourismus/wanderwege/ 
> To the other sites of Siefersheim: Goldenes Horn and Höllberg

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