Weingut Bercher

The winery is located in the municipality of Vogtsburg-Burkheim (Kaiserstuhl area) in the German wine-growing region of Baden. The family coat of arms can be traced back to 1457. Viticulture in the traditional family has been practised since the 17th century. Franz-Michael Bercher built the estate house with vaulted cellar in 1756, which has been in the family ever since and is still the seat of the winery today. In the 1970s, the winery was built up by the two brothers Eckhardt and Rainer Bercher. Today it is run by the tenth generation of the family, their sons Martin Bercher (external operations) and Arne Bercher (vinification). Werner Rehbein is the cellar master. The vineyards cover 25 hectares of vines in the single vineyards Feuerberg and Schlossgarten (Burkheim), Eichert and Steingrube (Jechtingen), Hasenberg (Königschaffhausen), Limburg (Sasbach), and Gestühl (Leiselheim).

They are planted with the red wine varieties Pinot Noir ( 40% of the area) and Cabernet Sauvignon, and with the white wine varieties Riesling, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, Riesling, Chardonnay, Müller-Thurgau, Muscat, Gewürztraminer and Scheurebe. The vineyards are cultivated according to the rules of integrated viticulture based on ecological principles. 90% of the wines are vinified dry according to the VDP classification model in the estate wines, local wines and Grosses Gewächs lines. The white wines are aged for a long time on the fine lees. The red wines mature in large wooden barrels, the Selections wines in BarriquesBarrique. Around 180,000 bottles of wine are produced annually. Fine spirits (yeast, wine, fruit) and bottle-fermented sparkling wines are also produced. The winery is a member of the VDP (Association of German Prädikat Wine Estates).